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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 606 · 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.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  3. 3.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  4. 4.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  5. 5.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  6. 6.True or false: Uranus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Mars (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) has oceans of water (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  11. 11.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  13. 13.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  14. 14.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  16. 16.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) Titan
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  18. 18.True or false: Mars is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  21. 21.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  23. 23.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it makes its own light (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it is on fire
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Earth (d) the Sun
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  27. 27.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  29. 29.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) the Sun (c) Earth (d) Titan
  30. 30.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  33. 33.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a microscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
  34. 34.True or false: Uranus is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the smallest planet
  36. 36.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) the Pole Star
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is famous for its rings

Answer key

  1. a star
  2. 6
  3. a moon
  4. an astronaut
  5. 8
  6. False
  7. is famous for its rings
  8. Mars
  9. Mercury
  10. is the largest planet
  11. 24
  12. Earth
  13. Ganymede
  14. False
  15. a star
  16. Titan
  17. Mercury
  18. False
  19. True
  20. 365
  21. the Sun
  22. 8
  23. it reflects sunlight
  24. Phobos
  25. Uranus
  26. 5
  27. True
  28. its orbit
  29. the Sun
  30. False
  31. 1
  32. is the smallest planet
  33. a telescope
  34. False
  35. is the planet we live on
  36. False
  37. a moon
  38. the Pole Star
  39. is the hottest planet
  40. is farthest from the Sun

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