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