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