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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 857 · 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 the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  2. 2.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  7. 7.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  13. 13.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  14. 14.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Jupiter
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  17. 17.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  18. 18.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  21. 21.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
  23. 23.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  24. 24.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it makes its own light (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it has lamps
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  26. 26.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Jupiter (d) the Moon
  27. 27.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  30. 30.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  32. 32.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  34. 34.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  35. 35.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  36. 36.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  38. 38.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  39. 39.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  40. 40.True or false: Mars is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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