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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 777 · 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: Uranus is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a star (c) a moon (d) a planet
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  4. 4.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is called the red planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the biggest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  10. 10.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  11. 11.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  15. 15.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) Earth (d) Titan
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  17. 17.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Mars (d) Venus
  18. 18.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  20. 20.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  22. 22.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  25. 25.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  26. 26.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  27. 27.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  31. 31.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is called the red planet (d) is the biggest planet
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Earth
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  40. 40.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut

Answer key

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

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