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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 552 · 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.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  3. 3.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  7. 7.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) the Pole Star
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  9. 9.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  11. 11.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Phobos (c) Saturn (d) Sirius
  13. 13.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  14. 14.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  16. 16.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  18. 18.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) has oceans of water (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  19. 19.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
  20. 20.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  22. 22.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  24. 24.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  25. 25.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) Earth
  28. 28.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Mars
  30. 30.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Phobos (d) Earth
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  33. 33.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is called the red planet
  35. 35.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  37. 37.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it is on fire
  40. 40.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its axis (c) its shadow (d) its orbit

Answer key

  1. a planet
  2. Jupiter
  3. a planet
  4. Venus
  5. Neptune
  6. is the hottest planet
  7. Ganymede
  8. Mercury
  9. a moon
  10. 3
  11. a moon
  12. Sirius
  13. 1
  14. a star
  15. is the largest planet
  16. False
  17. Uranus
  18. is closest to the Sun
  19. an astronaut
  20. True
  21. 8
  22. Titan
  23. 1
  24. a star
  25. True
  26. a moon
  27. Earth
  28. the Sun
  29. Mars
  30. True
  31. Phobos
  32. is the smallest planet
  33. 365
  34. spins tipped on its side
  35. False
  36. 8
  37. 24
  38. True
  39. it reflects sunlight
  40. its orbit

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