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