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