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