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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 216 · 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: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mars
  4. 4.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  5. 5.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Venus
  7. 7.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Phobos (c) Earth (d) Venus
  12. 12.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  13. 13.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  15. 15.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  19. 19.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) Venus
  20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
  21. 21.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a microscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Mars
  23. 23.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Mars (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  25. 25.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  26. 26.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  28. 28.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Venus (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  29. 29.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it is on fire
  30. 30.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Sirius
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  33. 33.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  34. 34.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) has oceans of water (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  38. 38.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mercury

Answer key

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

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