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