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