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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 309 · 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.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  2. 2.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  3. 3.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Mars
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  6. 6.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  8. 8.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  11. 11.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Mars
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  21. 21.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  24. 24.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a pilot (d) a diver
  25. 25.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) the Sun switches off
  26. 26.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it makes its own light (d) it is on fire
  27. 27.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  28. 28.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet (d) a comet
  29. 29.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  30. 30.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Venus
  33. 33.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is the planet we live on
  35. 35.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  36. 36.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  38. 38.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Moon (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  40. 40.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?

Answer key

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

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