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