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