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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 254 · 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.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  3. 3.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Titan (d) the Sun
  8. 8.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  9. 9.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Pole Star (c) Mars (d) the Moon
  12. 12.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  14. 14.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  18. 18.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  20. 20.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  22. 22.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  23. 23.True or false: Earth is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  26. 26.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  27. 27.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  29. 29.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  31. 31.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) Earth spins on its axis
  32. 32.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its orbit (c) its axis (d) its tail
  33. 33.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  34. 34.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it is on fire (d) it makes its own light
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Earth
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  40. 40.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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