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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 401 · 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 the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  2. 2.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  4. 4.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  5. 5.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  8. 8.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  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 true of Earth? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  13. 13.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  14. 14.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  17. 17.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) Saturn (d) Titan
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  20. 20.True or false: Mars is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) Ganymede
  22. 22.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon (d) a comet
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Titan (d) Jupiter
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  25. 25.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  27. 27.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  28. 28.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) clouds cover the sky
  29. 29.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  30. 30.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  31. 31.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  35. 35.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  38. 38.True or false: Jupiter is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  40. 40.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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