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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 852 · 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.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a microscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Phobos (d) Venus
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  5. 5.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  9. 9.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star (d) a comet
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  11. 11.True or false: Mars is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  14. 14.True or false: Jupiter is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  17. 17.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) the Moon (c) Saturn (d) Sirius
  19. 19.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 the planet we live on
  20. 20.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  23. 23.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  26. 26.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Saturn
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the sun
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is the planet we live on
  29. 29.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  33. 33.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  35. 35.🌕 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
  36. 36.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  37. 37.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  38. 38.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) Phobos
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?

Answer key

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

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