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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 540 · 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 the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  2. 2.True or false: Earth is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the smallest planet (d) has oceans of water
  6. 6.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  7. 7.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Venus (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
  8. 8.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  12. 12.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  13. 13.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  16. 16.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  18. 18.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  20. 20.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  21. 21.True or false: Saturn is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) Titan (d) Saturn
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  24. 24.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  28. 28.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  30. 30.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  34. 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) clouds cover the sky
  35. 35.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  36. 36.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  38. 38.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Mars (d) the Moon
  40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

Answer key

  1. Earth
  2. False
  3. a planet
  4. Neptune
  5. has oceans of water
  6. a moon
  7. Phobos
  8. True
  9. 7
  10. is farthest from the Sun
  11. Uranus
  12. a moon
  13. False
  14. the Sun
  15. Jupiter
  16. 365
  17. is the smallest planet
  18. 8
  19. is called the red planet
  20. a moon
  21. False
  22. the Sun
  23. 1
  24. its orbit
  25. Saturn
  26. Mercury
  27. 4
  28. the Moon
  29. Saturn
  30. False
  31. an astronaut
  32. Earth
  33. 5
  34. Earth spins on its axis
  35. a moon
  36. True
  37. a planet
  38. a star
  39. the Pole Star
  40. 24

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