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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 554 · 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.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  2. 2.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a pilot
  3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Moon (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
  4. 4.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is called the red planet (d) is the biggest planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  7. 7.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  11. 11.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  13. 13.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  14. 14.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  15. 15.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a moon (c) a star (d) a planet
  16. 16.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  18. 18.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) clouds cover the sky
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the sun
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  21. 21.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  24. 24.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  28. 28.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  34. 34.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it has lamps (c) it makes its own light (d) it reflects sunlight
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  36. 36.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  38. 38.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Uranus

Answer key

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

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