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