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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 356 · 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 planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Venus
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  3. 3.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  5. 5.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  6. 6.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  9. 9.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  13. 13.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  14. 14.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) Titan (d) Sirius
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is the largest planet
  18. 18.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  21. 21.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  22. 22.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) has oceans of water
  26. 26.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  29. 29.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) the Moon (c) Mars (d) the Pole Star
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is closest to the Sun
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  33. 33.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  34. 34.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  35. 35.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a microscope (d) a telescope
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  38. 38.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Venus

Answer key

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

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