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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 159 · 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.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  3. 3.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  4. 4.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Sirius (d) Jupiter
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  7. 7.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  8. 8.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Saturn
  9. 9.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  12. 12.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is called the red planet
  15. 15.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) the Sun
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  19. 19.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Sun switches off (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  20. 20.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.True or false: Mars is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) the Pole Star (d) Saturn
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  25. 25.True or false: Saturn is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) has oceans of water
  27. 27.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  30. 30.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  31. 31.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  32. 32.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  33. 33.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) Titan
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the smallest planet
  37. 37.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  38. 38.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  39. 39.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  40. 40.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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