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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 282 · 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 Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  2. 2.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  3. 3.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it has lamps (c) it makes its own light (d) it reflects sunlight
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  5. 5.True or false: Uranus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  7. 7.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Sirius (c) Ganymede (d) the Pole Star
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Moon (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  14. 14.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  18. 18.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  20. 20.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its orbit (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  26. 26.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) Earth
  28. 28.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  29. 29.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  30. 30.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  31. 31.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  34. 34.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is the smallest planet
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Mars (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Earth

Answer key

  1. a planet
  2. 1
  3. it reflects sunlight
  4. Mercury
  5. False
  6. is farthest from the Sun
  7. True
  8. the Pole Star
  9. the Sun
  10. Ganymede
  11. is the largest planet
  12. the Moon
  13. is the planet we live on
  14. a moon
  15. 3
  16. Venus
  17. Jupiter
  18. False
  19. 8
  20. True
  21. False
  22. its orbit
  23. Neptune
  24. Earth
  25. spins tipped on its side
  26. a moon
  27. Earth
  28. an astronaut
  29. a moon
  30. a moon
  31. True
  32. False
  33. a planet
  34. a telescope
  35. 2
  36. has oceans of water
  37. 7
  38. Sirius
  39. True
  40. Earth

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