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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 283 · 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.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet (d) a comet
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the biggest planet
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  5. 5.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  8. 8.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  9. 9.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  13. 13.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  14. 14.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Phobos (d) the Pole Star
  16. 16.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  19. 19.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Titan
  20. 20.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Mars is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  23. 23.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a telescope (c) a stethoscope (d) a periscope
  24. 24.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the biggest planet
  26. 26.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  29. 29.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  30. 30.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the biggest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  32. 32.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Phobos
  34. 34.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  37. 37.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  40. 40.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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