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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 896 · 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 Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  2. 2.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  4. 4.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  6. 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  7. 7.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  8. 8.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
  11. 11.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  13. 13.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  15. 15.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  19. 19.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a microscope (d) a stethoscope
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  22. 22.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the sun
  24. 24.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) the Pole Star
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  27. 27.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Venus
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  32. 32.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the biggest planet
  34. 34.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  37. 37.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a star (b) a comet (c) a planet (d) a moon
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  39. 39.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  40. 40.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) a diver

Answer key

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

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