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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 123 · 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.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  3. 3.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is the smallest planet
  6. 6.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the smallest planet
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Jupiter (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  10. 10.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its shadow (d) its axis
  11. 11.True or false: Uranus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  14. 14.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  15. 15.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the smallest planet
  17. 17.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  18. 18.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Mars
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  20. 20.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  23. 23.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
  24. 24.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  27. 27.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is famous for its rings (c) has oceans of water (d) is called the red planet
  30. 30.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  31. 31.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  33. 33.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  35. 35.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is closest to the Sun
  40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) Earth

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 1
  3. a moon
  4. 7
  5. is the smallest planet
  6. 8
  7. is farthest from the Sun
  8. Jupiter
  9. Mercury
  10. its orbit
  11. False
  12. Earth
  13. Mars
  14. 1
  15. a moon
  16. is the largest planet
  17. a moon
  18. Ganymede
  19. 3
  20. a planet
  21. Neptune
  22. is closest to the Sun
  23. Earth spins on its axis
  24. False
  25. spins tipped on its side
  26. Sirius
  27. True
  28. is the hottest planet
  29. has oceans of water
  30. the Moon
  31. 24
  32. Venus
  33. True
  34. Uranus
  35. a star
  36. 6
  37. 8
  38. True
  39. is famous for its rings
  40. Earth

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