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