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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 280 · 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 star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  3. 3.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Titan (d) Venus
  4. 4.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  5. 5.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  6. 6.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  9. 9.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  11. 11.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) clouds cover the sky
  12. 12.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  13. 13.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  15. 15.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the largest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  19. 19.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  22. 22.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  23. 23.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Sirius
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the largest planet
  27. 27.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  29. 29.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  31. 31.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) Sirius
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  34. 34.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth
  37. 37.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Venus (d) Earth
  38. 38.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Venus

Answer key

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

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