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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 320 · 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.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌓 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
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  4. 4.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  5. 5.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  8. 8.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  10. 10.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  11. 11.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Mercury is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  14. 14.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is famous for its rings
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  22. 22.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mars
  27. 27.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  28. 28.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  29. 29.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  30. 30.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) a diver (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
  31. 31.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  32. 32.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  33. 33.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  35. 35.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  38. 38.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a comet (c) a moon (d) a star
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

Answer key

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

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