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