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