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