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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 943 · 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.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  3. 3.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  4. 4.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  5. 5.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  6. 6.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a comet (c) a moon (d) a star
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  8. 8.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  10. 10.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it makes its own light (c) it is on fire (d) it has lamps
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is famous for its rings
  12. 12.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is famous for its rings
  14. 14.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a pilot
  15. 15.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  16. 16.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Earth?
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Earth
  22. 22.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) the Sun (d) Venus
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  25. 25.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  29. 29.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  32. 32.True or false: Uranus is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) the Moon
  34. 34.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Mars (c) Phobos (d) Titan
  35. 35.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  36. 36.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  37. 37.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Sirius
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the biggest planet
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the sun (d) is farthest from the sun

Answer key

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

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