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