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