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