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