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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 58 · 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 true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) has oceans of water
  2. 2.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  3. 3.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is closest to the Sun
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  7. 7.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a diver (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Earth (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  14. 14.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  15. 15.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  17. 17.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  21. 21.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the largest planet
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  26. 26.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  27. 27.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  28. 28.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Phobos
  30. 30.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  31. 31.True or false: Mercury has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  33. 33.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  34. 34.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  36. 36.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  37. 37.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Sun switches off
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  40. 40.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it is on fire (c) it makes its own light (d) it has lamps

Answer key

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

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