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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 429 · 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 Uranus?
  2. 2.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  3. 3.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) Ganymede
  4. 4.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Venus
  6. 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) Ganymede (d) the Moon
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  10. 10.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  15. 15.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  19. 19.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the Sun
  23. 23.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Earth (d) the Pole Star
  24. 24.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Venus
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  26. 26.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  27. 27.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the smallest planet
  29. 29.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  32. 32.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Sirius
  34. 34.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  35. 35.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its tail (d) its orbit
  36. 36.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  37. 37.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  39. 39.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  40. 40.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star

Answer key

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

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