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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 231 · 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 planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  2. 2.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  3. 3.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  5. 5.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  6. 6.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  8. 8.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is closest to the sun
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  12. 12.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  13. 13.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  16. 16.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) the Moon (d) Titan
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Phobos (d) Ganymede
  21. 21.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  23. 23.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  24. 24.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  25. 25.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) Earth (d) the Sun
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  27. 27.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  28. 28.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) clouds cover the sky
  29. 29.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  31. 31.True or false: Uranus is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  34. 34.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) the Pole Star
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  39. 39.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Neptune

Answer key

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

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