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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 650 · 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.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the sun
  4. 4.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  5. 5.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a moon (c) a star (d) a planet
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  7. 7.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Earth (d) Ganymede
  8. 8.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Venus (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
  10. 10.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Earth (d) Venus
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  13. 13.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) Phobos
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  17. 17.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  18. 18.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  19. 19.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it has lamps (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it makes its own light
  22. 22.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  24. 24.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Venus
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the biggest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the sun
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  30. 30.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  31. 31.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) Saturn (d) Titan
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  34. 34.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Earth is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  38. 38.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  39. 39.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a sailor

Answer key

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

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