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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 496 · 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.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  2. 2.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  3. 3.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  6. 6.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  9. 9.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) the Moon
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  13. 13.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  14. 14.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
  16. 16.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  20. 20.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  23. 23.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  25. 25.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  27. 27.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a microscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  29. 29.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  30. 30.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) Phobos (d) Venus
  31. 31.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  35. 35.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  36. 36.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  37. 37.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Jupiter (c) Phobos (d) the Pole Star
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?

Answer key

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

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