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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 826 · 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.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  4. 4.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  5. 5.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  6. 6.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) Earth spins on its axis
  7. 7.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  8. 8.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the biggest planet (d) is called the red planet
  10. 10.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  11. 11.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  13. 13.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  14. 14.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  18. 18.True or false: Mercury is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  22. 22.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
  23. 23.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  24. 24.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  27. 27.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Venus
  30. 30.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  32. 32.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a star (c) a planet (d) a moon
  34. 34.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  35. 35.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?

Answer key

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

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