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