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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 564 · 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 of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is called the red planet
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  4. 4.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it is on fire (c) it has lamps (d) it makes its own light
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the planet we live on
  7. 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth
  8. 8.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  9. 9.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  11. 11.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  14. 14.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  19. 19.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Saturn
  21. 21.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  22. 22.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  26. 26.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) Phobos
  28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Moon (c) Saturn (d) the Pole Star
  29. 29.True or false: Saturn spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  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: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Saturn is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  39. 39.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  40. 40.True or false: Uranus is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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