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