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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 945 · 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.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  3. 3.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is closest to the sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet
  5. 5.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is famous for its rings
  7. 7.True or false: Mars is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Earth
  10. 10.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a microscope (d) a periscope
  11. 11.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  16. 16.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is closest to the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  19. 19.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  20. 20.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the sun (d) is famous for its rings
  22. 22.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) the Sun switches off
  23. 23.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Phobos (c) Titan (d) the Sun
  24. 24.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  25. 25.True or false: Earth is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  28. 28.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a comet (d) a planet
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  30. 30.True or false: Jupiter is closest to the sun. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  32. 32.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede
  33. 33.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  35. 35.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the biggest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?

Answer key

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

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