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