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