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