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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 116 · 40 questions
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Remember (My Very Easy Method): Order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (“My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming”). Mercury – closest and smallest, Venus – hottest, Mars – the red planet, Jupiter – largest, Saturn – famous rings, Neptune – farthest. The Sun and the Pole Star are stars; the Moon, Titan and Ganymede are moons; Earth has 1 moon.

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

Answer key

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

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