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