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