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