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