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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 270 · 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 Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Jupiter
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  5. 5.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  6. 6.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  7. 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Phobos (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) has oceans of water (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  11. 11.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  12. 12.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its axis (c) its orbit (d) its shadow
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the Sun
  16. 16.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mars
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  20. 20.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  22. 22.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  24. 24.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  26. 26.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  31. 31.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is famous for its rings
  33. 33.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Phobos (d) Mars
  34. 34.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
  35. 35.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  37. 37.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  38. 38.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  40. 40.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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