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