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