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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 517 · 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 of these is true of Mars? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  4. 4.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) Ganymede
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  9. 9.True or false: Uranus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  12. 12.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  15. 15.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) the Moon
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
  20. 20.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  24. 24.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  25. 25.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  26. 26.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  28. 28.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) the Pole Star
  31. 31.True or false: Jupiter has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  33. 33.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  36. 36.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  39. 39.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

Answer key

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

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