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