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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 514 · 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.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is closest to the sun
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  4. 4.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  6. 6.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Titan
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  8. 8.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a planet (c) a star (d) a moon
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is the biggest planet
  10. 10.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  11. 11.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  13. 13.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  15. 15.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  17. 17.🌓 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
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  19. 19.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a telescope (d) a microscope
  20. 20.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) Venus (d) Ganymede
  23. 23.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  28. 28.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  30. 30.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  31. 31.True or false: Earth is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  34. 34.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  36. 36.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Sirius (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Venus
  40. 40.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) the Moon

Answer key

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

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