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