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