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