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