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