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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 315 · 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 a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Phobos
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) Saturn (d) Phobos
  3. 3.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  7. 7.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it has lamps (c) it makes its own light (d) it is on fire
  8. 8.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) Titan (c) Phobos (d) the Pole Star
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Venus
  13. 13.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) the Pole Star
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Mars
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  17. 17.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Moon (c) Earth (d) the Pole Star
  19. 19.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) the Sun switches off
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  22. 22.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) the Moon
  23. 23.True or false: Earth is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is closest to the sun
  25. 25.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a diver
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  27. 27.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  29. 29.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  30. 30.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  31. 31.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  32. 32.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  37. 37.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star (d) a comet
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  39. 39.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  40. 40.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star

Answer key

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

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