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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 308 · 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 planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  3. 3.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  4. 4.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) has oceans of water (d) spins tipped on its side
  6. 6.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Venus (d) Ganymede
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) Phobos (d) Earth
  10. 10.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  12. 12.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a pilot
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  15. 15.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it is on fire
  16. 16.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  18. 18.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  20. 20.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  24. 24.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Earth
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the smallest planet
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  29. 29.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  30. 30.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  31. 31.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  34. 34.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Sirius (c) Ganymede (d) Earth
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is the largest planet
  36. 36.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  37. 37.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  39. 39.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its orbit (d) its tail
  40. 40.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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