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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 347 · 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.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  3. 3.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  4. 4.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) is called the red planet
  11. 11.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  12. 12.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a star (c) a planet (d) a moon
  13. 13.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  14. 14.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  17. 17.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  18. 18.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is called the red planet
  21. 21.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the biggest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  25. 25.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is closest to the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  29. 29.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it has lamps (d) it is on fire
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) the Sun
  32. 32.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) the Moon
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mars
  35. 35.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  36. 36.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  38. 38.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  40. 40.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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