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