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