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