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