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