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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 225 · 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: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is farthest from the Sun
  4. 4.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  7. 7.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  8. 8.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  9. 9.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Saturn
  12. 12.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  13. 13.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  16. 16.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  17. 17.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Ganymede
  18. 18.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  19. 19.True or false: Neptune is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  21. 21.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Venus
  24. 24.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  26. 26.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  28. 28.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  32. 32.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  34. 34.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  35. 35.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  38. 38.🌕 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
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  40. 40.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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