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