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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 891 · 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.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  3. 3.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a pilot (d) a diver
  4. 4.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the biggest planet
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  8. 8.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  10. 10.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the biggest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  12. 12.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  13. 13.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  15. 15.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a comet (d) a planet
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the biggest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the sun (d) is the hottest planet
  17. 17.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
  18. 18.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) Titan
  19. 19.True or false: Mars is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  21. 21.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it makes its own light (d) it is on fire
  22. 22.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  25. 25.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  30. 30.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  31. 31.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the sun
  35. 35.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  36. 36.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  37. 37.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  40. 40.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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