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