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