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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 439 · 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 Jupiter?
  2. 2.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  7. 7.True or false: Mercury is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) Mars
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  11. 11.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it is on fire (d) it reflects sunlight
  12. 12.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a diver (c) a pilot (d) a sailor
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Mars is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  16. 16.True or false: Neptune is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  18. 18.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a planet (c) a moon (d) a star
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  20. 20.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Earth is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  26. 26.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  28. 28.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Phobos (d) Venus
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  31. 31.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  33. 33.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) the Sun
  35. 35.True or false: Jupiter is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Mars spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Mars
  40. 40.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) Earth spins on its axis

Answer key

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

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