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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 498 · 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 famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  2. 2.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Earth
  4. 4.True or false: Saturn has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  7. 7.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Jupiter (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  10. 10.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is famous for its rings (b) has oceans of water (c) is called the red planet (d) is the largest planet
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  16. 16.True or false: Uranus has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  18. 18.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  20. 20.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  21. 21.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it is on fire (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it has lamps
  22. 22.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  23. 23.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  26. 26.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  27. 27.True or false: Earth is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Mars
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  33. 33.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  36. 36.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  37. 37.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  38. 38.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the largest planet (d) is called the red planet

Answer key

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

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