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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 977 · 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.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it makes its own light (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it has lamps
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  3. 3.☀️ What is the Sun? (a) a comet (b) a planet (c) a star (d) a moon
  4. 4.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) Sirius (d) the Sun
  6. 6.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the sun (c) is the biggest planet (d) is called the red planet
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  9. 9.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is the biggest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
  11. 11.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  13. 13.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the sun. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mars?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  17. 17.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the sun (b) is closest to the sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is famous for its rings
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  22. 22.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the biggest planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  25. 25.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  26. 26.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  27. 27.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Venus?
  31. 31.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  32. 32.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Titan
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the sun
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Earth (d) Sirius
  38. 38.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  40. 40.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) clouds cover the sky

Answer key

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

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