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