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