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