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