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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

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

Answer key

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

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