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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 285 · 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 Earth?
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) the Sun
  3. 3.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  5. 5.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) has oceans of water (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is closest to the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is called the red planet
  12. 12.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  15. 15.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its axis (c) its orbit (d) its shadow
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  18. 18.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  20. 20.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  22. 22.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  26. 26.True or false: Earth is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Venus (d) Earth
  28. 28.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  29. 29.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  30. 30.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it is on fire (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it has lamps
  31. 31.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  34. 34.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Sun switches off
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  38. 38.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter

Answer key

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

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