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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

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

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. it reflects sunlight
  3. 365
  4. is the planet we live on
  5. Mars
  6. a moon
  7. is the hottest planet
  8. a moon
  9. Earth
  10. Mercury
  11. Neptune
  12. 6
  13. is the largest planet
  14. Uranus
  15. Saturn
  16. the Sun
  17. 1
  18. a moon
  19. a star
  20. Mercury
  21. False
  22. its orbit
  23. Titan
  24. 24
  25. 8
  26. 3
  27. Venus
  28. Jupiter
  29. Phobos
  30. True
  31. Earth
  32. a telescope
  33. a planet
  34. the Pole Star
  35. Sirius
  36. is closest to the Sun
  37. Ganymede
  38. Earth
  39. False
  40. is the smallest planet

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