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