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