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