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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 265 · 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 spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  3. 3.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  4. 4.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede
  8. 8.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a comet (c) a moon (d) a star
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  10. 10.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  12. 12.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  14. 14.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Jupiter
  15. 15.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a microscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  17. 17.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  18. 18.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it is on fire (d) it makes its own light
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
  21. 21.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  22. 22.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Phobos (d) Titan
  24. 24.True or false: Uranus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  28. 28.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  30. 30.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) Phobos
  34. 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  36. 36.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  37. 37.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  38. 38.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) Jupiter
  39. 39.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?

Answer key

  1. Uranus
  2. Mercury
  3. a moon
  4. a star
  5. 3
  6. Venus
  7. Mars
  8. a star
  9. spins tipped on its side
  10. 365
  11. Jupiter
  12. 24
  13. 8
  14. the Sun
  15. a telescope
  16. 2
  17. a moon
  18. it reflects sunlight
  19. is the planet we live on
  20. Sirius
  21. Venus
  22. False
  23. Earth
  24. False
  25. Earth
  26. Neptune
  27. 7
  28. False
  29. Mars
  30. False
  31. Saturn
  32. 1
  33. Phobos
  34. Earth spins on its axis
  35. is the biggest planet
  36. 8
  37. a planet
  38. Jupiter
  39. True
  40. 1

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