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