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