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