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