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