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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 256 · 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.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  2. 2.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  3. 3.🌓 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
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  8. 8.True or false: Neptune is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Venus is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the biggest planet
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  13. 13.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  14. 14.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  15. 15.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  17. 17.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede
  19. 19.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  21. 21.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) Phobos (d) Earth
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  25. 25.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Saturn (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  28. 28.True or false: Saturn is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  31. 31.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  33. 33.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  38. 38.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  40. 40.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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