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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 933 · 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 Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  4. 4.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  7. 7.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a comet (d) a star
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  9. 9.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) clouds cover the sky
  11. 11.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  12. 12.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  13. 13.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Phobos (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
  14. 14.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  17. 17.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) Earth (d) the Sun
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  19. 19.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  20. 20.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a periscope (d) a telescope
  21. 21.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  22. 22.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  27. 27.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  28. 28.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Earth (d) Phobos
  29. 29.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the biggest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  31. 31.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  32. 32.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  34. 34.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the biggest planet (d) is called the red planet
  36. 36.True or false: Uranus is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Earth is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is famous for its rings
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?

Answer key

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

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