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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 334 · 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) has oceans of water (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the smallest planet
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  5. 5.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
  6. 6.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  8. 8.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Venus
  9. 9.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  14. 14.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  15. 15.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) the Pole Star
  16. 16.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its orbit (d) its tail
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) Phobos (d) Mars
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  23. 23.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  24. 24.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Saturn is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) has oceans of water
  28. 28.True or false: Uranus has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  32. 32.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  34. 34.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  37. 37.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  38. 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  39. 39.True or false: Saturn has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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