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.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
- 3.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
- 4.👩🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
- 5.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
- 6.True or false: Mars is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) Titan
- 8.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 9.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
- 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Sirius (d) Titan
- 12.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet
- 13.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
- 14.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
- 15.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the sun
- 16.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
- 17.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
- 18.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
- 19.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the biggest planet
- 20.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Venus
- 21.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a microscope (c) a periscope (d) a telescope
- 22.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 23.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 24.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 25.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
- 26.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
- 28.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 29.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Earth
- 32.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
- 33.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
- 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) clouds cover the sky
- 35.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
- 36.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Jupiter
- 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
- 38.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
- 39.True or false: Uranus is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
Answer key
- 3
- Neptune
- Uranus
- an astronaut
- 8
- False
- Mars
- a planet
- False
- 8
- Sirius
- is the hottest planet
- 5
- True
- is famous for its rings
- a star
- spins tipped on its side
- Venus
- is the planet we live on
- Saturn
- a telescope
- 2
- a moon
- 1
- is closest to the sun
- Mars
- 6
- a moon
- True
- True
- Jupiter
- Mercury
- is called the red planet
- Earth spins on its axis
- 365
- the Sun
- 7
- a star
- False
- a star
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