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