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