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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 844 · 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 hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  4. 4.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  6. 6.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is famous for its rings
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  10. 10.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Phobos (d) Earth
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  14. 14.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a microscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  18. 18.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a star (c) a moon (d) a planet
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) Titan (d) Mars
  21. 21.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the sun
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  26. 26.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  27. 27.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the biggest planet
  29. 29.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Sun switches off (d) clouds cover the sky
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) Earth (d) Ganymede
  35. 35.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  36. 36.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) Jupiter (d) Phobos
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  39. 39.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  40. 40.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a pilot

Answer key

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

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