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