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