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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 290 · 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 Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  2. 2.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) Phobos
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the smallest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  4. 4.True or false: Mercury is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  6. 6.True or false: Saturn is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  8. 8.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  9. 9.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is farthest from the Sun
  11. 11.True or false: Venus has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  14. 14.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it is on fire (d) it reflects sunlight
  15. 15.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  22. 22.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  24. 24.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its orbit (c) its tail (d) its shadow
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  26. 26.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Venus
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Mars
  33. 33.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) Ganymede (d) the Pole Star
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  35. 35.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  37. 37.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  39. 39.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the smallest planet

Answer key

  1. a moon
  2. Sirius
  3. is the planet we live on
  4. False
  5. a planet
  6. False
  7. a moon
  8. 8
  9. 365
  10. is farthest from the Sun
  11. False
  12. True
  13. an astronaut
  14. it reflects sunlight
  15. True
  16. False
  17. False
  18. is famous for its rings
  19. 4
  20. the Moon
  21. Earth
  22. a planet
  23. 1
  24. its orbit
  25. Earth
  26. Saturn
  27. 6
  28. Neptune
  29. 8
  30. is the hottest planet
  31. Mars
  32. Ganymede
  33. the Pole Star
  34. Mercury
  35. False
  36. the Sun
  37. a moon
  38. Venus
  39. False
  40. spins tipped on its side

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