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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 819 · 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.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) Earth
  2. 2.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  5. 5.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  6. 6.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  7. 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  11. 11.True or false: Saturn is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  14. 14.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  15. 15.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  18. 18.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  20. 20.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a microscope (c) a periscope (d) a stethoscope
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the biggest planet
  24. 24.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) the Sun
  25. 25.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Venus (c) Ganymede (d) Titan
  28. 28.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) clouds cover the sky
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  31. 31.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  34. 34.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  35. 35.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  38. 38.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a comet (d) a planet
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter

Answer key

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

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