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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 249 · 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 Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  2. 2.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a planet (c) a moon (d) a star
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  9. 9.True or false: Uranus is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  11. 11.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  12. 12.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  14. 14.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) clouds cover the sky
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  16. 16.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Jupiter (c) Titan (d) Sirius
  17. 17.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Titan
  18. 18.True or false: Earth is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  23. 23.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  25. 25.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  27. 27.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  29. 29.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  34. 34.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  35. 35.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Mercury? (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
  38. 38.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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