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