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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 407 · 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.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Phobos (d) Ganymede
  3. 3.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  4. 4.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) has oceans of water (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  8. 8.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  13. 13.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  14. 14.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  15. 15.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) the Moon
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  17. 17.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  19. 19.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) the Sun switches off
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  21. 21.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  23. 23.🌕 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
  24. 24.True or false: Uranus is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  26. 26.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
  28. 28.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  31. 31.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  34. 34.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  36. 36.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  39. 39.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.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) has oceans of water

Answer key

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

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