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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 880 · 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 of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the sun
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  3. 3.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Venus
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  8. 8.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) a diver
  9. 9.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌓 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
  15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Phobos (d) Saturn
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  17. 17.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  18. 18.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a moon (c) a planet (d) a star
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  21. 21.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  22. 22.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  24. 24.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  25. 25.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  28. 28.True or false: Saturn is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the planet we live on
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the biggest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  34. 34.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  36. 36.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  37. 37.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  39. 39.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  40. 40.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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