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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 143 · 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.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  2. 2.True or false: Mars is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the biggest planet
  4. 4.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  5. 5.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  6. 6.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  9. 9.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  11. 11.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Titan
  13. 13.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a star (c) a planet (d) a moon
  14. 14.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  15. 15.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it is on fire (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it makes its own light
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) Mars
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) Titan (d) Mars
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Jupiter
  23. 23.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  28. 28.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  32. 32.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  33. 33.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  34. 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  38. 38.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  39. 39.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  40. 40.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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