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