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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 865 · 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) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  2. 2.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) Earth
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  7. 7.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a comet (c) a star (d) a moon
  8. 8.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  9. 9.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  12. 12.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the planet we live on
  16. 16.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  18. 18.True or false: Mars is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  20. 20.True or false: Mars is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  23. 23.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  25. 25.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  26. 26.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
  27. 27.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  31. 31.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  33. 33.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  35. 35.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  37. 37.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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