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