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