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