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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 294 · 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.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) Mars
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  4. 4.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  5. 5.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  7. 7.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  9. 9.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mars
  13. 13.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a pilot
  14. 14.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a stethoscope (c) a microscope (d) a periscope
  15. 15.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  18. 18.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its tail (d) its orbit
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) has oceans of water
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  21. 21.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Phobos (d) Earth
  22. 22.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the smallest planet
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  28. 28.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the smallest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) has oceans of water
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Sirius (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
  32. 32.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) has oceans of water (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  34. 34.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  35. 35.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  36. 36.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  38. 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  39. 39.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  40. 40.True or false: Venus is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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