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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

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

Answer key

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

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