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