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