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