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