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