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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 482 · 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.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  4. 4.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  5. 5.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  6. 6.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  8. 8.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is called the red planet
  11. 11.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
  14. 14.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  17. 17.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  18. 18.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) has oceans of water (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  23. 23.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  25. 25.True or false: Saturn is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the largest planet
  28. 28.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  31. 31.True or false: Earth is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  34. 34.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  35. 35.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it has lamps (c) it makes its own light (d) it reflects sunlight
  39. 39.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  40. 40.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star

Answer key

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

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