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