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