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