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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

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

Answer key

  1. 365
  2. a star
  3. Jupiter
  4. 3
  5. Earth
  6. Mercury
  7. Titan
  8. Mars
  9. 8
  10. is the largest planet
  11. 1
  12. a telescope
  13. Jupiter
  14. 4
  15. is famous for its rings
  16. is the smallest planet
  17. spins tipped on its side
  18. Venus
  19. an astronaut
  20. False
  21. is closest to the Sun
  22. a star
  23. 7
  24. its orbit
  25. it reflects sunlight
  26. a planet
  27. is the hottest planet
  28. 24
  29. the Moon
  30. False
  31. False
  32. 2
  33. Saturn
  34. a planet
  35. False
  36. Mercury
  37. Earth spins on its axis
  38. Venus
  39. a moon
  40. Uranus

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