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