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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 360 · 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 Uranus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Earth
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  4. 4.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Mars (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  5. 5.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the largest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  7. 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) has oceans of water (d) is farthest from the Sun
  9. 9.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  10. 10.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Moon (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  12. 12.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) has oceans of water
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is closest to the Sun
  17. 17.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) Earth spins on its axis
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  19. 19.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  21. 21.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  24. 24.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  25. 25.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) the Pole Star
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  27. 27.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  28. 28.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Venus
  30. 30.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) has oceans of water
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is closest to the Sun
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  35. 35.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  36. 36.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  37. 37.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  39. 39.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is closest to the Sun

Answer key

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

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