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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 949 · 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 Earth?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  3. 3.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Earth (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  4. 4.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the sun
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is the biggest planet
  10. 10.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
  11. 11.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Phobos (c) Sirius (d) Earth
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  16. 16.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is closest to the sun
  19. 19.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  20. 20.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  22. 22.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Venus is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) the Pole Star
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  26. 26.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  30. 30.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the biggest planet
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is famous for its rings
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  35. 35.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) Earth spins on its axis
  36. 36.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Jupiter is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a planet (b) a comet (c) a moon (d) a star
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

Answer key

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

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