Exploring space: fill in the blanks: fill-in-the-blank worksheet for Grade 5, page 1 preview

Fill-in-the-blank worksheet · Science

Exploring space: fill in the blanks · Grade 5

Read 6 sentences about exploring space and write the missing word in each, using the word bank. Practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary.

Grade 5 · ages 10 to 11
Easy
10 to 15 minutes
1 page
Free

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The word bank and sentences

Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line.

Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
moon · International Space Station ____ spacecraft · Yuri Gagarin
Mars · Hubble
1 Rovers on · have found signs that water once flowed there.
2 Astronauts have lived on the · since 2000.
3 Astronauts float because they are falling around Earth together with their
4 The · Space Telescope has orbited Earth since
5 In 1961, became the first person to travel into space.
6 In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the

What your child practices

Your child practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Sun, Moon, planets and stars”: describe the Sun, the Moon's phases, the planets and stars, day and night, years and Earth's movements.

Grades and ages: Grade 5, ages 10 to 11
Time: About 10 to 15 minutes
Subject: Science
Level: Easy for Grade 5
Answer key: Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
Printing: 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
Updated: October 15, 2026

How to use it

Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is one of the easier sheets for Grade 5, good as a warm-up or a first look at the skill.

An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.

Tip for grown-ups: Read each sentence aloud with a hum for the blank, then try each word bank word in it.

Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.