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