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