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