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