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