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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 252 · 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 Jupiter?
  2. 2.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Sun switches off (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  3. 3.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  4. 4.🌕 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
  5. 5.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  7. 7.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) a pilot
  8. 8.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) the Sun (d) Earth
  10. 10.True or false: Mars is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  14. 14.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  15. 15.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  16. 16.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
  19. 19.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  23. 23.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  25. 25.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  27. 27.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  30. 30.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  32. 32.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  34. 34.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  35. 35.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  36. 36.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) Venus
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  38. 38.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  39. 39.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its tail
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mercury

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. Earth spins on its axis
  3. a planet
  4. it reflects sunlight
  5. a star
  6. 4
  7. an astronaut
  8. the Sun
  9. the Sun
  10. False
  11. Mercury
  12. is the hottest planet
  13. Jupiter
  14. the Pole Star
  15. 8
  16. Saturn
  17. Saturn
  18. is the planet we live on
  19. False
  20. False
  21. 365
  22. Earth
  23. a planet
  24. is closest to the Sun
  25. True
  26. Earth
  27. False
  28. False
  29. 3
  30. a moon
  31. is called the red planet
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. 24
  35. a star
  36. Venus
  37. is famous for its rings
  38. a star
  39. its orbit
  40. Mercury

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