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