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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 312 · 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.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  2. 2.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  4. 4.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  7. 7.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
  8. 8.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a microscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.🌓 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
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Ganymede (d) Mars
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  13. 13.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  14. 14.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) the Moon
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  17. 17.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  18. 18.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  20. 20.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  22. 22.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  24. 24.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  25. 25.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  27. 27.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  28. 28.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  29. 29.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  33. 33.True or false: Saturn is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
  36. 36.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Saturn (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  37. 37.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Ganymede (c) Venus (d) the Pole Star
  38. 38.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Venus (c) Phobos (d) Ganymede

Answer key

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

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