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