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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 156 · 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.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  3. 3.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) has oceans of water (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  6. 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Mars (c) Sirius (d) Phobos
  7. 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  8. 8.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Mars
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Titan (d) Sirius
  13. 13.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  17. 17.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  19. 19.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the planet we live on
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  22. 22.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  24. 24.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it is on fire (d) it reflects sunlight
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  28. 28.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  29. 29.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  31. 31.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  34. 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Sun switches off
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  37. 37.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a telescope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
  38. 38.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 7
  3. an astronaut
  4. 4
  5. is the hottest planet
  6. Mars
  7. the Pole Star
  8. a planet
  9. Mercury
  10. is the largest planet
  11. Jupiter
  12. Titan
  13. a planet
  14. 5
  15. spins tipped on its side
  16. Venus
  17. a star
  18. Sirius
  19. 365
  20. is famous for its rings
  21. Earth
  22. 8
  23. is farthest from the Sun
  24. True
  25. False
  26. it reflects sunlight
  27. Mars
  28. Ganymede
  29. False
  30. a star
  31. a planet
  32. is closest to the Sun
  33. 2
  34. Earth spins on its axis
  35. 1
  36. the Moon
  37. a telescope
  38. True
  39. False
  40. 3

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