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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 554 · 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.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Phobos
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Titan (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) spins tipped on its side
  7. 7.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  10. 10.True or false: Jupiter is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  14. 14.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) Mars (d) the Sun
  15. 15.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  16. 16.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  17. 17.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  18. 18.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  19. 19.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  20. 20.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  21. 21.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) the Moon
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the largest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  27. 27.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  29. 29.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  32. 32.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  34. 34.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  35. 35.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  39. 39.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Earth
  3. is called the red planet
  4. is closest to the Sun
  5. the Pole Star
  6. is farthest from the Sun
  7. 1
  8. Mars
  9. is the hottest planet
  10. False
  11. a star
  12. 7
  13. is famous for its rings
  14. Mars
  15. 24
  16. 8
  17. Earth spins on its axis
  18. a planet
  19. the Moon
  20. a moon
  21. the Sun
  22. Mercury
  23. Earth
  24. Uranus
  25. spins tipped on its side
  26. Mercury
  27. a planet
  28. 2
  29. False
  30. False
  31. 365
  32. True
  33. a star
  34. a moon
  35. False
  36. 3
  37. 4
  38. Venus
  39. False
  40. 1

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