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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 436 · 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 Earth?
  2. 2.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a pilot (d) a diver
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  4. 4.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  5. 5.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a comet (d) a moon
  6. 6.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the planet we live on
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  9. 9.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  12. 12.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  13. 13.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  15. 15.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.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) spins tipped on its side
  17. 17.True or false: Mars is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Titan (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
  21. 21.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  23. 23.True or false: Jupiter is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  25. 25.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  28. 28.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it has lamps (d) it is on fire
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  31. 31.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  32. 32.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  33. 33.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is called the red planet
  37. 37.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  40. 40.True or false: Mars spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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