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