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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 683 · 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 Saturn? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  2. 2.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  3. 3.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a periscope (c) a microscope (d) a telescope
  5. 5.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  6. 6.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  8. 8.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  12. 12.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  13. 13.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  14. 14.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a comet (d) a moon
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  16. 16.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Titan (d) Mars
  17. 17.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Jupiter (c) Phobos (d) the Pole Star
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  20. 20.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  21. 21.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  23. 23.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
  24. 24.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  30. 30.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Ganymede (d) the Sun
  32. 32.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) Sirius
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the sun
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  36. 36.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  37. 37.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Venus
  40. 40.True or false: Mars is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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