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