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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 604 · 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 called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  3. 3.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Jupiter
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  7. 7.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  8. 8.True or false: Venus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  13. 13.True or false: Uranus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  15. 15.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  16. 16.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Mars (d) Titan
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the smallest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) has oceans of water
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  21. 21.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  23. 23.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  24. 24.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it is on fire (c) it makes its own light (d) it reflects sunlight
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the smallest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  28. 28.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Earth (d) Phobos
  31. 31.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) clouds cover the sky
  32. 32.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is the largest planet
  34. 34.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Titan (c) the Sun (d) Earth
  35. 35.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its orbit (c) its shadow (d) its axis
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Earth is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 1
  3. Ganymede
  4. 7
  5. Venus
  6. is called the red planet
  7. 24
  8. False
  9. 365
  10. Saturn
  11. is the largest planet
  12. Mars
  13. False
  14. 8
  15. a planet
  16. Mars
  17. Earth
  18. 1
  19. is the smallest planet
  20. Mercury
  21. a star
  22. Earth
  23. a planet
  24. it reflects sunlight
  25. 2
  26. is the planet we live on
  27. Jupiter
  28. a planet
  29. 6
  30. Sirius
  31. Earth spins on its axis
  32. a moon
  33. is farthest from the Sun
  34. the Sun
  35. its orbit
  36. a star
  37. Neptune
  38. 3
  39. True
  40. False

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