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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 378 · 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.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  2. 2.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
  4. 4.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it is on fire (c) it makes its own light (d) it has lamps
  5. 5.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a comet (c) a planet (d) a moon
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  7. 7.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) is the biggest planet
  10. 10.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a microscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  15. 15.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  17. 17.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) Mars
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  24. 24.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  27. 27.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  30. 30.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  33. 33.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  34. 34.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  35. 35.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  40. 40.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet

Answer key

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

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