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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 202 · 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.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  2. 2.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Ganymede
  3. 3.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  4. 4.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  8. 8.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a stethoscope (c) a microscope (d) a periscope
  9. 9.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Saturn
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  13. 13.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  14. 14.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a star (c) a planet (d) a moon
  15. 15.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the biggest planet
  17. 17.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Sun switches off (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  18. 18.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  20. 20.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  22. 22.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Venus (d) Mars
  23. 23.True or false: Saturn is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  25. 25.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) the Sun (d) Mars
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  29. 29.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  30. 30.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  32. 32.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  35. 35.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  38. 38.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Jupiter
  39. 39.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  40. 40.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. is closest to the sun
  2. Ganymede
  3. 1
  4. True
  5. False
  6. Neptune
  7. is the biggest planet
  8. a telescope
  9. a star
  10. Titan
  11. Jupiter
  12. Earth
  13. 24
  14. a star
  15. a moon
  16. is the planet we live on
  17. Earth spins on its axis
  18. 8
  19. 4
  20. 365
  21. is the hottest planet
  22. the Moon
  23. False
  24. Venus
  25. the Sun
  26. Uranus
  27. 8
  28. 1
  29. a planet
  30. False
  31. 2
  32. False
  33. a moon
  34. 7
  35. a moon
  36. Mercury
  37. is farthest from the sun
  38. Jupiter
  39. a planet
  40. True

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