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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 396 · 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 of these is true of Mars? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  2. 2.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  3. 3.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the sun
  6. 6.True or false: Mercury is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  10. 10.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) the Sun (d) Phobos
  12. 12.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Phobos
  14. 14.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Sirius (d) Earth
  15. 15.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  17. 17.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) Mars
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  22. 22.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) the Sun switches off
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  24. 24.True or false: Jupiter is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  26. 26.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  29. 29.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  30. 30.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  31. 31.True or false: Mars is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the biggest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  35. 35.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede
  36. 36.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  37. 37.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  40. 40.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a comet (d) a star

Answer key

  1. is called the red planet
  2. Titan
  3. False
  4. False
  5. spins tipped on its side
  6. False
  7. a planet
  8. Mars
  9. 1
  10. a telescope
  11. Jupiter
  12. a moon
  13. the Sun
  14. Earth
  15. 1
  16. 6
  17. False
  18. True
  19. 2
  20. Sirius
  21. 3
  22. Earth spins on its axis
  23. Jupiter
  24. False
  25. 365
  26. True
  27. Venus
  28. is famous for its rings
  29. 8
  30. a star
  31. False
  32. False
  33. is the biggest planet
  34. Mercury
  35. the Pole Star
  36. a planet
  37. True
  38. Earth
  39. 8
  40. a star

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