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