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