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