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