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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 431 · 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 Mercury?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
  3. 3.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  4. 4.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Jupiter (c) the Pole Star (d) Phobos
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  7. 7.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  8. 8.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mars
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  11. 11.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is closest to the Sun
  14. 14.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  15. 15.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) the Moon (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  17. 17.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
  18. 18.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) Ganymede (d) the Moon
  20. 20.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  21. 21.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  25. 25.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) has oceans of water (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Saturn
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  36. 36.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  37. 37.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet

Answer key

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

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