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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 111 · 40 questions
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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. 1.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  2. 2.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  7. 7.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  9. 9.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Venus (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  16. 16.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  19. 19.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star (d) a comet
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Mars (c) Phobos (d) Titan
  21. 21.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) Sirius
  22. 22.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  23. 23.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  24. 24.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  25. 25.True or false: Saturn is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  27. 27.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  30. 30.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Sun switches off (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  31. 31.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  33. 33.🌕 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
  34. 34.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  35. 35.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  37. 37.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  38. 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
  40. 40.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter

Answer key

  1. 365
  2. a star
  3. Mars
  4. Mercury
  5. 1
  6. is the planet we live on
  7. False
  8. an astronaut
  9. True
  10. a moon
  11. Jupiter
  12. is closest to the sun
  13. the Sun
  14. Venus
  15. 6
  16. True
  17. 2
  18. is famous for its rings
  19. a star
  20. the Pole Star
  21. Ganymede
  22. 24
  23. a planet
  24. a planet
  25. False
  26. a planet
  27. True
  28. is the biggest planet
  29. Uranus
  30. Earth spins on its axis
  31. 1
  32. Earth
  33. it reflects sunlight
  34. 8
  35. False
  36. Saturn
  37. a moon
  38. the Moon
  39. Saturn
  40. Phobos

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