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