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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 242 · 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 is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its orbit (d) its axis
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  4. 4.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a stethoscope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  5. 5.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  6. 6.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  9. 9.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) Titan (d) Earth
  14. 14.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Mars has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  17. 17.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  20. 20.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  24. 24.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  25. 25.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Mars
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  29. 29.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  30. 30.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is called the red planet
  33. 33.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  36. 36.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  38. 38.True or false: Venus has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) has oceans of water
  40. 40.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Earth (d) the Sun

Answer key

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

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