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