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