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Class 5 EVS Worksheet: Solar System

EVS lesson 29: Space: sun, moon and planets · Set 986 · 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.🪐 How many planets go round the sun?
  2. 2.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is called the red planet
  4. 4.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  5. 5.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  6. 6.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the sun?
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is closest to the sun? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) Jupiter
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) the Sun
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the sun? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  12. 12.True or false: Uranus is the biggest planet. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the sun
  15. 15.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person who travels into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a pilot
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Phobos
  19. 19.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  21. 21.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it has lamps (d) it makes its own light
  22. 22.True or false: Venus is farthest from the sun. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the biggest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  24. 24.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  25. 25.True or false: Mercury is closest to the sun. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a microscope (d) a telescope
  28. 28.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the biggest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  30. 30.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  31. 31.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) the Moon (d) Titan
  32. 32.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the biggest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the sun (d) is the biggest planet
  35. 35.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the sun (d) is called the red planet
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  40. 40.True or false: Earth is the biggest planet. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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