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