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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 829 · 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.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  3. 3.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  8. 8.🌕 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
  9. 9.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  10. 10.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  13. 13.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a comet (c) a moon (d) a planet
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  15. 15.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  17. 17.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  18. 18.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) the Pole Star
  19. 19.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  20. 20.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  23. 23.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  27. 27.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
  28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  29. 29.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  31. 31.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  32. 32.True or false: Venus is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  34. 34.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  35. 35.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  37. 37.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  38. 38.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) Saturn (d) Titan
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  40. 40.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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