Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 4 (ICSE) · Environmental Studies
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: Our Solar System
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is at the centre of our solar system? [1]
(A) The Sun
(B) Earth
(C) The Moon
(D) Jupiter
2. How many planets are in our solar system? [1]
(A) Eight
(B) Five
(C) Ten
(D) Three
3. Which planet is closest to the Sun? [1]
(A) Mercury
(B) Earth
(C) Venus
(D) Neptune
4. Which planet do we live on? [1]
(A) Earth
(B) Mars
(C) Venus
(D) Jupiter
5. Why can Earth support life? [1]
(A) It has water, oxygen and the right temperature
(B) It has no water
(C) It's too hot always
(D) It has no atmosphere
6. What keeps planets orbiting the Sun? [1]
(A) The Sun's gravity
(B) Nothing, they float freely
(C) Wind
(D) Magnetism from Earth
7. What else orbits the Sun besides planets? [1]
(A) Moons, asteroids and comets
(B) Nothing else
(C) Only stars
(D) Only other suns
8. Which is the last planet in order from the Sun? [1]
(A) Neptune
(B) Mercury
(C) Earth
(D) Mars
9. What is at the centre of our solar system? [1]
(A) The Sun
(B) Earth
(C) The Moon
(D) Jupiter
10. How many planets are in our solar system? [1]
(A) Eight
(B) Five
(C) Ten
(D) Three
11. Which planet is closest to the Sun? [1]
(A) Mercury
(B) Earth
(C) Venus
(D) Neptune
12. Which planet do we live on? [1]
(A) Earth
(B) Mars
(C) Venus
(D) Jupiter
13. Why can Earth support life? [1]
(A) It has water, oxygen and the right temperature
(B) It has no water
(C) It's too hot always
(D) It has no atmosphere
14. What keeps planets orbiting the Sun? [1]
(A) The Sun's gravity
(B) Nothing, they float freely
(C) Wind
(D) Magnetism from Earth
15. What else orbits the Sun besides planets? [1]
(A) Moons, asteroids and comets
(B) Nothing else
(C) Only stars
(D) Only other suns
16. Which is the last planet in order from the Sun? [1]
(A) Neptune
(B) Mercury
(C) Earth
(D) Mars