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