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