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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 503 · 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 a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the biggest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Earth
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Ganymede (d) the Pole Star
  6. 6.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Earth (d) the Moon
  7. 7.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  11. 11.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  14. 14.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Saturn is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  17. 17.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  18. 18.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  19. 19.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the sun
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  22. 22.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌓 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
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  26. 26.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the planet we live on
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Ganymede (d) Earth
  33. 33.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Pole Star (c) Earth (d) Phobos
  35. 35.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it is on fire (d) it makes its own light
  36. 36.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) Sirius
  37. 37.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  38. 38.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Earth (c) Phobos (d) the Moon

Answer key

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

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