CBSE Class 5 Worksheet for EVS Chapter Earth Moon and Sun Questions with Answers

CBSE Class 5 EVS Chapter Earth Moon and Sun Worksheet Questions and Answers

Section - I

Q.1 An object which revolves around the planet:

(A) Planet

(B) Sun

(C) Star

(D) Satellite

Answer:

D

Q.2 _______ is the closest neighbour of earth in space.

(A) Sun

(B) Moon

(C) Venus

(D) Jupiter

Answer:

B

Q.3 Which among the following is not a layer of earth?

(A) Crust

(B) Corona

(C) Mantle

(D) Core

Answer:

B

Q.4 Which planet was placed in the group of dwarf planet in 2006?

(A) Neptune

(B) Pluto

(C) Uranus

(D) Mars

Answer:

B

Q.5 Closest star to the earth is:

(A) Venus

(B) Mercury

(C) Sun

(D) Jupiter

Answer:

C

Q.6 What is the full form of IAU?

(A) International Architect Union

(B) Indian Aerospace Unit

(C) International Astronomical Union

(D) International Aircraft Union

Answer:

C

Q.7 Which statement among the following is incorrect about the earth?

(A) There are three layers of earth i.e., mantle, core and crust.

(B) Earth revolves around the sun.

(C) Earth has no atmosphere.

(D) Earth has various features like oceans and rivers.

Answer:

C

Q.8 Name the thin layer of atmosphere present on the surface of the sun.

(A) Crust

(B) Corona

(C) Calcite

(D) Crater

Answer:

B

Q.9 Which planet is covered with a thick layer of beautiful blue-green gas?

(A) Saturn

(B) Earth

(C) Uranus

(D) Neptune

Answer:

C

Q.10 Saturn has ____ moons.

(A) More than 60

(B) Forty

(C) Forty-Fifty

(D) Less than 60

Answer:

A

Q.11 Moon shines because:

(A) Is has its own light.

(B) It reflects sunlight from its surface.

(C) It reflects Jupiter's light.

(D) It has craters.

Answer:

B

Q.12 ___ is also known as blue planet.

(A) Venus

(B) Mars

(C) Earth

(D) Saturn

Answer:

C

Q.13 Name the fastest rotating planet of our solar system.

(A) Earth

(B) Venus

(C) Uranus

(D) Jupiter

Answer:

D

Q.14 Which among the following planets has moon?

(A) Mercury

(B) Venus

(C) Neptune

(D) Both [A] and [B]

Answer:

C

Q.15 What was the name of the first spacecraft that landed humans on the moon?

(A) Apollo 11

(B) Sputnik 1

(C) Mangalyaan

(D) Aryabhata

Answer:

A

Q.16 Which planet among the following is the biggest planet in size?

(A) Earth

(B) Mercury

(C) Uranus

(D) Saturn

Answer:

D

Q.17 ___ layer of earth consists of continents and oceans.

(A) Core

(B) Crust

(C) Mantle

(D) Corona

Answer:

B

Q.18 Which among the following statements is not correct about the moon?

(A) Moon is a natural satellite of earth.

(B) Craters are present on the surface of moon.

(C) Moon is an artificial satellite.

(D) Moon revolves around the earth.

Answer:

C

Q.19 What does the given picture is showing?

(A) Solar eclipse

(B) Lunar eclipse

(C) Star eclipse

(D) Both [A] and [B]

Answer:

A

Q.20 The earth's shadow, where the earth totally blocks the sunlight is:

(A) Penumbra

(B) Umbra

(C) Eclipse

(D) Artificial satellite

Answer:

B

Q.21 Match the following:

(A) (i - C), (ii - A), (iii - B), (iv - D)

(B) (i - B), (ii - C), (iii - D), (iv - A)

(C) (i - D), (ii - C), (iii - A), (iv - B)

(D) (i - C), (ii - D), (iii - A), (iv - B)

Answer:

D

Q.22 Name the first Indian probe which was sent to moon.

(A) Bhaskara - 1

(B) Chandrayaan - 1

(C) Mangalyaan

(D) INSAT - 1A

Answer:

B

Q.23 Shadow formed by the earth is divided into ____ parts.

(A) Two

(B) Three

(C) Four

(D) One

Answer:

A

Q.24 Which among the following is not a use of an artificial satellite?

(A) Weather forecasting.

(B) Communication

(C) Navigation

(D) None of these

Answer:

D

Q.25 Weight of a body on earth is ___ times the weight of the body on moon.

(A) Three

(B) Four

(C) Six

(D) Five

Answer:

C

Q.26 Which types of satellites is a man-made satellite?

(A) Weather satellite

(B) Natural satellite

(C) Communication satellite

(D)Both [A] and [C]

Answer:

D

Q.27 Which among the following is an Indian satellite?

(A) INSAT 1A

(B) Apple

(C) CARTOSAT-2A

(D) All the above

Answer:

D

Q.28 Which was the first Indian satellite?

(A) Rohini

(B) Aryabhata

(C) INSAT

(D) Apple

Answer:

B

Q.29 Who was the first woman to go into space?

(A) Sunita Williams

(B) Kalpana Chawala

(C) Valentina Tereshkova

(D) Neil Armstrong

Answer:

C

Q.30 Which among the following statements is correct?

(A) Tides are caused by gravitational pull of the moon only

(B) Tides are caused by gravitational pull of the sun only

(C) Tides are caused by gravitational pull of sun and moon.

(D) Tides are caused by gravitational pull of Jupiter.

Answer:

C

Q.31 _____ is mainly present in the inner core of the earth.

(A) Tin

(B) Mercury

(C) Iron

(D) All the above

Answer:

C

Q.32 Which was first man-made satellite?

(A) INSAT- 1

(B) Aryabhata

(C) Sputnik

(D) Rohini

Answer:

C

Q.33 Time taken by moon to revolve once around the earth is:

(A) About a week

(B) About a month

(C) About a year

(D) About a day

Answer:

B

Q.34 Which planet has no moon?

(A) Mars

(B) Jupiter

(C) Mercury

(D) Earth

Answer:

C

Q.35 Recognizable patterns formed by group of stars.

(A) Satellite

(B) Constellation

(C) Planet

(D) Meteorite

Answer:

B

Q.36 A study of celestial objects is known as:

(A) Ornithology

(B) Astronomy

(C) Biology

(D) Zoology

Answer:

B

Q.37 . . . . . is a shadow formed in space that makes the sun or the moor invisible for some time.

(A) Satellite

(B) Eclipse

(C) Planet

(D) Constellation

Answer:

B

Q.38 Oceans and continents lie on which layer of earth?

(A) Atmosphere

(B) Crust

(C) Core

(D) Mantle

Answer:

B

Q.39 Core is mostly consists of:

(A) Plastic

(B) Cotton

(C) Iron

(D) Gold

Answer:

C

Section - II

Q.1 Which of the following has been in space for record highest time for a women?

(A) Kalpana Chawla

(B) Sunita William

(C) Sally Ride

(D) Valentina

Answer:

B

Q.2 The height of tides vary with phases of moon the highest tides occur at the time

(A) New moon

(B) Full moon

(C) Crescent moon

(D) Both (a) and (b)

Answer:

D

Q.3 The model of earth is called

(A) Globe

(B) World map

(C) Both (a) and (b)

(D) None of these

Answer:

C

Q.4 The first man made satellite was

(A) Apple

(B) Google

(C) Aryabhatta

(D) Sputanik 1

Answer:

D

Q5 What is/are not present in space?

(A) Gravity

(B) Water

(C) Food

(D) All of these

Answer:

D

Q.6 Eclipse occurs. Because of

The correct is

(A) Only (ii)

(B) Only (i) and (ii)

(C) Only (ii) and (iv)

(D) Only (i), (ii) and (iv)

Answer:

B

Q.7 Identify the picture

(A) Screw

(B) Hammer

(C) A satellite

(D) Spacecraft

Answer:

C

Q8 Which of the following is a constellation?

(A) Big dipper

(B) Ursa major

(C) Ursa minor

(D) All of these

Answer:

D

Q.9 The size of the moon change daily. Then which of the following bar diagram gives the correct change in size of the moon. (1 - New moon, 2 - Crescent, 3 - Half moon, 4 - Full moon)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Answer:

C

Q.10 What is the name of the galaxy in which we live?

(A) Milky way

(B) Andromeda

(C) Orion

(D) All of these

Answer:

A

Q.11 The distance of star from earth is measured in

(A) Kilometer

(B) Metres

(C) Light year

(D) Nautical mile

Answer:

C

Q.12 Radhika enjoys sky watching in night. She saw a full moon in sky on 15th August. After 15 days she realized that it was the new moon. What would be shape of the moon on 15 September?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Answer:

C

Q.13 Which of the following is not true with respect to the moon?

(A) Moon pulls the ocean water

(B) No sound can be heard on moon

(C) Moons gravity is 176th of earth

(D) Moon's atmosphere can filter the dangerous radiation

Answer:

D

Q.14 Which of the following is not an Indian satellite?

(A) Aryabhatta

(B) INSAT

(C) IRS

(D) SPUTANIK-1

Answer:

D

Q.15 Total or partial darkening of sun or moon is called?

(A) Waxing

(B) Waning

(C) eclipse

(D) Dawning

Answer:

C

Q.16 On viewing the earth from moon it looks

(A) Red

(B) Blue

(C) Green

(D) None of these

Answer:

B

Q.17 Which of the following is true about asteroids?

(A) Asteroids don't revolve around the sun as planets.

(B) Asteroids belt is between Venus and Jupiter.

(C) Asteroids are planets like objects but smaller and often irregularly shaped.

(D) Asteroids can't classified into groups

Answer:

C

Q.18 The planet on which the chances of life existed, resembling earth and red in colour is

(A) Jupiter

(B) Saturn

(C) Mercury

(D) Mars

Answer:

D

Q.19 Gravity on the moon is comparison to earth is

(A) double

(B) half

(C) quarter

(D) one sixth

Answer:

D

Q .20 Titan is satellite of which planet

(A) Jupiter

(B) Mars

(C) Saturn

(D) Uranus

Answer:

C

Q.21 In which phase of the moon during which an eclipse occurs?

(A) New moon

(B) Full moon

(C) Crescent

(D) Quarter

Answer:

A

Q.22 Which of the following instrument is for observing the moon and the distant stars?

(A) Bioscope

(B) Microscope

(C) Telescope

(D) Stethoscope

Answer:

C

Q.23 First women to go in space was

(A) Kalpana Chawla

(B) Velentina Tereshkova

(C) Sunita William

(D) Both (a) and (b)

Answer:

B

Q.24 First Indian satellite was named as

(A) Aryabhatta

(B) INSAT

(C) IRS

(D) SPUTNIK

Answer:

A

Q.25 Helley's comet usually seen after how many years?

(A) 52 Yrs

(B) 76 yrs

(C) 80 yrs

(D) 100 yrs

Answer:

B

Q.26 First Indian to go in space

(A) Kalpana Chawla

(B) J Norway

(C) Rakesh Sharma

(D) Amol Sharma

Answer:

C

Q.27 Mars's satellites are

(A) Titan

(B) Phobs and deimos

(C) Ganeymede

(D) None of these

Answer:

B

Q.28 Select the incorrect match from the following.

(A) Venus- Called morning or evening star.

(B) Saturn - Its rings are made of Rocks and dust

(C) Mercury - Hottest planet.

(D) Jupiter- Largest and fastest spinning planet.

Answer:

C

Q.29 Which of the planet is farthest from the sun?

(A) Uranus

(B) Saturn

(C) Neptune

(D) Jupiter

Answer:

C

Q.30 Which of the following is correct phases arrangement in waxing phase of Moon.

(A) New moon →Crescent→Half moon→Gibbous→Full moon

(B) Gibbous→Full moon→Crescent→New moon→Half moon

(C) Half moon→Full moon→Crescent→Gibbous

(D) Full moon→New moon→Gibbous Crescent→Half moon

Answer:

A

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