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