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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 507 · 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.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  4. 4.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  5. 5.🌕 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
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  7. 7.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  9. 9.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  13. 13.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  14. 14.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star (d) a comet
  15. 15.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  16. 16.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  17. 17.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  21. 21.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Titan
  22. 22.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  24. 24.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Titan
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  27. 27.True or false: Uranus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  32. 32.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  35. 35.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Venus
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?

Answer key

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

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