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