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