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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 833 · 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 planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mars
  2. 2.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  3. 3.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a microscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  4. 4.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Mars (c) the Sun (d) Titan
  8. 8.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  10. 10.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the biggest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  16. 16.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Titan
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  24. 24.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  27. 27.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  28. 28.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Phobos
  32. 32.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Mars (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  34. 34.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a comet (c) a planet (d) a star
  35. 35.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  38. 38.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?

Answer key

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

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