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