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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 368 · 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.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  2. 2.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  3. 3.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) Venus (d) Sirius
  4. 4.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  6. 6.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  8. 8.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  10. 10.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  13. 13.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  14. 14.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a microscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a periscope
  15. 15.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Earth (d) Mars
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  19. 19.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  20. 20.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Venus (c) Phobos (d) the Pole Star
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  26. 26.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a star (c) a planet (d) a moon
  27. 27.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  29. 29.True or false: Neptune is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  33. 33.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  35. 35.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it is on fire
  36. 36.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  38. 38.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) Earth spins on its axis
  39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  40. 40.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) a pilot

Answer key

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

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