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