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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 370 · 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 planets go round the sun?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is closest to the sun
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  4. 4.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  7. 7.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  9. 9.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  10. 10.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  15. 15.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) the Sun
  16. 16.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  17. 17.True or false: Earth is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon (d) a comet
  19. 19.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  20. 20.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  24. 24.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Sirius
  26. 26.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  29. 29.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Earth
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  32. 32.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) the Pole Star
  33. 33.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  37. 37.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Mercury

Answer key

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

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