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