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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 458 · 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 Venus?
  2. 2.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) has oceans of water
  4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede
  5. 5.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  6. 6.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  7. 7.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  9. 9.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  13. 13.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  15. 15.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  17. 17.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  19. 19.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its axis (c) its shadow (d) its orbit
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  21. 21.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  22. 22.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  24. 24.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  25. 25.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the smallest planet
  27. 27.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) Earth (d) Ganymede
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) has oceans of water (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  31. 31.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) Sirius
  32. 32.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  34. 34.True or false: Mars is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is farthest from the Sun
  36. 36.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  38. 38.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  39. 39.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  40. 40.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet

Answer key

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

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