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