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