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