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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 318 · 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.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  2. 2.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the largest planet
  7. 7.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  10. 10.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is called the red planet (d) is the largest planet
  13. 13.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Mars (d) Phobos
  14. 14.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) Saturn (d) the Pole Star
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  18. 18.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  19. 19.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) Sirius
  20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Phobos (c) Sirius (d) the Sun
  21. 21.True or false: Jupiter is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  23. 23.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) the Sun switches off
  24. 24.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) has oceans of water (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the smallest planet
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  27. 27.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  28. 28.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  29. 29.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  30. 30.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  32. 32.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is closest to the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  36. 36.True or false: Neptune is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  39. 39.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Venus

Answer key

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

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