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