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