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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 595 · 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 Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the sun
  4. 4.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  5. 5.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) Earth
  6. 6.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is famous for its rings
  10. 10.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a comet (d) a star
  11. 11.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Earth
  13. 13.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede
  14. 14.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) the Pole Star
  15. 15.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  17. 17.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  19. 19.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  20. 20.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
  21. 21.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  22. 22.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  24. 24.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  25. 25.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  26. 26.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  30. 30.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the sun
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  33. 33.True or false: Uranus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  36. 36.True or false: Earth is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  38. 38.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Mars (c) Titan (d) the Moon
  39. 39.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

Answer key

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

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