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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 780 · 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 moons does Earth have?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the sun
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  4. 4.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) Ganymede
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the biggest planet
  6. 6.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a pilot
  7. 7.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it makes its own light (c) it is on fire (d) it reflects sunlight
  8. 8.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) Mars
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  17. 17.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  19. 19.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a comet (d) a moon
  20. 20.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  21. 21.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  24. 24.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  25. 25.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Mars
  26. 26.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  27. 27.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Sun switches off
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  30. 30.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  34. 34.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  35. 35.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  36. 36.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  37. 37.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the planet we live on
  39. 39.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
  40. 40.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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