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