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