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