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