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