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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 71 · 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.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) a diver
  2. 2.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) Earth spins on its axis
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  5. 5.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is closest to the sun
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  8. 8.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the sun
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  11. 11.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  12. 12.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a moon (c) a planet (d) a star
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  16. 16.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  18. 18.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  19. 19.True or false: Saturn is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  21. 21.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  24. 24.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Mars (d) Phobos
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  27. 27.True or false: Uranus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) the Sun
  29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) Ganymede
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  32. 32.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
  34. 34.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  36. 36.True or false: Earth is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  39. 39.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter

Answer key

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

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