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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 453 · 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 the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  2. 2.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the smallest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  4. 4.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  7. 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  8. 8.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  11. 11.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Sirius
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  14. 14.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  16. 16.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  20. 20.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) has oceans of water (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  24. 24.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  27. 27.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  29. 29.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  30. 30.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  31. 31.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a telescope (c) a periscope (d) a stethoscope
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  33. 33.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Venus (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  35. 35.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it has lamps (d) it is on fire
  36. 36.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  38. 38.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  39. 39.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its tail (c) its orbit (d) its shadow

Answer key

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

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