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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

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

Answer key

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

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