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