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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 229 · 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.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  3. 3.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the largest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  6. 6.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  9. 9.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  11. 11.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  13. 13.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) the Sun
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the largest planet
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  17. 17.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  18. 18.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it makes its own light (d) it is on fire
  19. 19.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Sirius
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  21. 21.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  24. 24.True or false: Neptune has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  26. 26.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  28. 28.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  29. 29.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the smallest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  32. 32.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  33. 33.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its orbit (c) its axis (d) its tail
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  35. 35.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) Saturn (d) Ganymede
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  38. 38.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  39. 39.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side

Answer key

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

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