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