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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 321 · 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 a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Sirius
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) Saturn
  3. 3.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  4. 4.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  5. 5.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  6. 6.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  7. 7.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  8. 8.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  10. 10.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) the Pole Star (c) Saturn (d) Phobos
  13. 13.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  15. 15.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  19. 19.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  25. 25.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  27. 27.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a microscope (d) a stethoscope
  28. 28.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) is famous for its rings
  29. 29.True or false: Mars is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Earth
  33. 33.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Mars
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  36. 36.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  37. 37.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  38. 38.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn

Answer key

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

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