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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 129 · 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.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the Sun
  2. 2.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the hottest planet
  5. 5.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Saturn (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  10. 10.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Venus
  12. 12.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  13. 13.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  14. 14.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) the Pole Star (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  16. 16.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  17. 17.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  19. 19.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Phobos
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Earth
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  23. 23.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  26. 26.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  27. 27.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  28. 28.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  29. 29.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  30. 30.True or false: Uranus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  32. 32.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  33. 33.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  35. 35.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a pilot
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  37. 37.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a stethoscope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) has oceans of water
  39. 39.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  40. 40.True or false: Neptune is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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