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