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