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