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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 589 · 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.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  2. 2.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a microscope (c) a periscope (d) a stethoscope
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Uranus
  4. 4.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  5. 5.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the largest planet
  7. 7.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  8. 8.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) the Sun (d) Titan
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  14. 14.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  15. 15.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  16. 16.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its orbit (d) its axis
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  18. 18.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  20. 20.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Earth
  22. 22.True or false: Venus is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  25. 25.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  26. 26.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  27. 27.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
  28. 28.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  30. 30.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  33. 33.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  36. 36.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  38. 38.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  40. 40.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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