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