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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 734 · 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.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  2. 2.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a microscope (c) a periscope (d) a telescope
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
  7. 7.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) Titan
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) the Moon
  13. 13.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 the planet we live on
  14. 14.True or false: Mars is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Venus (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  16. 16.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  17. 17.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  19. 19.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  24. 24.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  28. 28.True or false: Mercury is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  30. 30.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a planet (c) a star (d) a moon
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  32. 32.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  34. 34.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  36. 36.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  37. 37.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  39. 39.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  40. 40.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun

Answer key

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

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