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