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