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