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