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