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