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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 456 · 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.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  5. 5.True or false: Venus is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  8. 8.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Phobos (c) Ganymede (d) Venus
  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 famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  11. 11.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a periscope (c) a microscope (d) a stethoscope
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  13. 13.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  14. 14.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  15. 15.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  18. 18.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  20. 20.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the smallest planet
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) has oceans of water
  24. 24.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  25. 25.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is called the red planet
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) has oceans of water
  30. 30.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  31. 31.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  33. 33.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  35. 35.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  37. 37.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet

Answer key

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

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