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