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