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