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