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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 244 · 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.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  3. 3.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  7. 7.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Venus
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  9. 9.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  10. 10.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  14. 14.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  16. 16.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a microscope (d) a periscope
  17. 17.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  18. 18.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is closest to the Sun
  21. 21.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) the Pole Star
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  24. 24.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it makes its own light (c) it has lamps (d) it is on fire
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Earth
  26. 26.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  27. 27.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the largest planet
  29. 29.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  31. 31.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  32. 32.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the smallest planet
  34. 34.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its tail (d) its orbit
  35. 35.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
  36. 36.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) a diver
  37. 37.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?

Answer key

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

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