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