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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 725 · 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.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  2. 2.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  7. 7.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Venus
  9. 9.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  10. 10.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  11. 11.🌓 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
  12. 12.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  15. 15.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
  16. 16.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon (d) a comet
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) the Moon (c) Earth (d) the Sun
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  21. 21.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  23. 23.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  24. 24.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  25. 25.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Earth
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  27. 27.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Titan
  28. 28.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  29. 29.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  30. 30.True or false: Neptune is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  33. 33.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  35. 35.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  37. 37.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) the Pole Star
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?

Answer key

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

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