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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

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

Answer key

  1. Phobos
  2. 3
  3. a planet
  4. 1
  5. a planet
  6. Neptune
  7. 8
  8. is the largest planet
  9. Uranus
  10. False
  11. a planet
  12. Saturn
  13. Mars
  14. the Sun
  15. 8
  16. Mars
  17. the Pole Star
  18. Jupiter
  19. 24
  20. True
  21. a moon
  22. False
  23. False
  24. a star
  25. False
  26. False
  27. is farthest from the Sun
  28. spins tipped on its side
  29. 7
  30. Mercury
  31. Jupiter
  32. the Sun
  33. 4
  34. 5
  35. Earth
  36. is famous for its rings
  37. a telescope
  38. has oceans of water
  39. its orbit
  40. it reflects sunlight

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