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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 566 · 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.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  7. 7.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Sirius
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Mars
  10. 10.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  12. 12.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its shadow (d) its axis
  14. 14.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
  20. 20.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is farthest from the Sun
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is closest to the Sun
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  25. 25.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  27. 27.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  28. 28.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  31. 31.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) the Pole Star (d) Phobos
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede
  35. 35.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  36. 36.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Venus
  39. 39.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury

Answer key

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

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