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