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