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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 560 · 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 a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Phobos
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Venus
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  6. 6.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Saturn
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  12. 12.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the sun
  15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Phobos (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  16. 16.🌓 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
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  19. 19.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  21. 21.True or false: Uranus is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  24. 24.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Earth
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is famous for its rings
  26. 26.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the biggest planet
  28. 28.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  29. 29.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
  30. 30.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a diver
  32. 32.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Titan (d) Jupiter
  35. 35.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  40. 40.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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