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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 834 · 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.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  4. 4.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  6. 6.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Earth
  10. 10.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  11. 11.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  12. 12.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Venus
  15. 15.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  17. 17.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  19. 19.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Saturn (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  23. 23.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  25. 25.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Sirius
  26. 26.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a comet (d) a planet
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  28. 28.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  29. 29.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  33. 33.True or false: Uranus is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  36. 36.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  37. 37.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  38. 38.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  39. 39.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  40. 40.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?

Answer key

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

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