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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 445 · 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.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the sun
  3. 3.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  5. 5.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a comet (c) a star (d) a planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
  8. 8.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is called the red planet
  11. 11.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Venus (d) Phobos
  13. 13.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
  14. 14.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is called the red planet
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  17. 17.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  21. 21.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  22. 22.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  28. 28.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  31. 31.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  34. 34.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  36. 36.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
  37. 37.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  39. 39.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it is on fire (c) it makes its own light (d) it has lamps
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side

Answer key

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

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