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