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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 440 · 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.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a diver
  4. 4.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Uranus is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Phobos
  8. 8.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  11. 11.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a microscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a periscope
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  13. 13.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the biggest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  15. 15.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it makes its own light (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it has lamps
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) Phobos (d) Mars
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  20. 20.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Earth
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  24. 24.True or false: Uranus is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Saturn (d) Ganymede
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Venus (c) Phobos (d) the Pole Star
  28. 28.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  31. 31.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  34. 34.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  35. 35.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  36. 36.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  37. 37.True or false: Uranus is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side

Answer key

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

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