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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 204 · 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.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) a diver
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  3. 3.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) the Sun
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  5. 5.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Mars
  7. 7.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  10. 10.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) the Pole Star
  12. 12.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Phobos (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the smallest planet
  15. 15.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) spins tipped on its side
  17. 17.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Venus (c) the Moon (d) Jupiter
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  19. 19.True or false: Mars is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  23. 23.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  25. 25.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  26. 26.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  27. 27.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  28. 28.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Phobos (d) Mars
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  32. 32.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Mercury has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) the Pole Star
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  37. 37.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?

Answer key

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

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