Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System
Remember (Star, planet or moon?): Order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Mercury is closest, Venus is hottest, Mars is the red planet, Jupiter is the biggest, Saturn is famous for its rings, Neptune is farthest. The Sun and the Pole Star are stars; the Moon is Earth’s moon; Titan and Ganymede are moons of other planets.
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- 1.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
- 2.👩🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a pilot (d) a diver
- 3.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mars
- 4.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
- 5.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a comet (d) a moon
- 6.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the planet we live on
- 8.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Neptune
- 9.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
- 11.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
- 12.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 13.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
- 14.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Uranus
- 15.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
- 17.True or false: Mars is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
- 18.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
- 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Titan (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
- 21.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
- 23.True or false: Jupiter is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
- 25.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
- 26.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
- 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
- 28.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it has lamps (d) it is on fire
- 29.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 30.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
- 31.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
- 32.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 33.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
- 35.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
- 36.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is called the red planet
- 37.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
- 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
- 40.True or false: Mars spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 3
- an astronaut
- Uranus
- 365
- a star
- True
- is the planet we live on
- Earth
- a moon
- 6
- 8
- a planet
- 8
- Venus
- False
- is farthest from the sun
- False
- False
- 1
- Earth
- False
- Jupiter
- False
- is the hottest planet
- a star
- 7
- Jupiter
- it reflects sunlight
- 2
- the Sun
- Saturn
- 1
- True
- 24
- spins tipped on its side
- is called the red planet
- True
- Mercury
- 4
- False
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