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