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