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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 422 · 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.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  2. 2.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mars
  6. 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) the Sun (c) Earth (d) the Pole Star
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  9. 9.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the planet we live on (d) has oceans of water
  11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  15. 15.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Phobos (d) Saturn
  16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  17. 17.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  18. 18.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  20. 20.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  21. 21.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  24. 24.True or false: Uranus is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Mercury is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) Phobos
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  29. 29.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  30. 30.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Sun switches off
  31. 31.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  32. 32.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  33. 33.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Venus (d) Phobos
  36. 36.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is famous for its rings
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. True
  3. spins tipped on its side
  4. Mars
  5. Jupiter
  6. Earth
  7. is closest to the Sun
  8. is called the red planet
  9. True
  10. is the hottest planet
  11. Titan
  12. Mercury
  13. 8
  14. 2
  15. the Sun
  16. Sirius
  17. a moon
  18. a star
  19. Saturn
  20. a telescope
  21. a moon
  22. Earth
  23. Jupiter
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Saturn
  28. 5
  29. 365
  30. Earth spins on its axis
  31. a planet
  32. a planet
  33. a planet
  34. Neptune
  35. Venus
  36. True
  37. 1
  38. is the planet we live on
  39. has oceans of water
  40. 7

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