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