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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 550 · 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 a planet? (a) Titan (b) Sirius (c) Saturn (d) the Moon
  2. 2.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  4. 4.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  6. 6.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  7. 7.True or false: Jupiter is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) has oceans of water (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
  14. 14.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  16. 16.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  18. 18.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  19. 19.🌓 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
  20. 20.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  22. 22.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Earth (d) Titan
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) Titan (d) Venus
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  25. 25.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  26. 26.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  27. 27.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is the largest planet
  30. 30.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Sirius (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  32. 32.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the smallest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the hottest planet
  34. 34.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  35. 35.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  37. 37.True or false: Neptune is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  39. 39.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a telescope (d) a microscope
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?

Answer key

  1. Saturn
  2. True
  3. 1
  4. True
  5. the Moon
  6. a planet
  7. False
  8. is farthest from the Sun
  9. Mercury
  10. 8
  11. a moon
  12. 7
  13. is closest to the Sun
  14. False
  15. a moon
  16. a star
  17. Venus
  18. a moon
  19. Earth spins on its axis
  20. False
  21. 3
  22. Sirius
  23. Venus
  24. 6
  25. 365
  26. a moon
  27. the Sun
  28. Earth
  29. is the largest planet
  30. True
  31. Phobos
  32. a planet
  33. is the hottest planet
  34. an astronaut
  35. a planet
  36. Mercury
  37. False
  38. 4
  39. a telescope
  40. 1

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