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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 608 · 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: Neptune is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  4. 4.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  5. 5.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  8. 8.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Venus
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  11. 11.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  12. 12.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  14. 14.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  18. 18.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  21. 21.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) the Moon
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  24. 24.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  25. 25.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Saturn
  26. 26.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  28. 28.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  31. 31.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  33. 33.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) the Pole Star
  34. 34.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  36. 36.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  39. 39.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a star
  3. Mercury
  4. 8
  5. a planet
  6. 6
  7. Mercury
  8. the Sun
  9. the Pole Star
  10. Mars
  11. a moon
  12. a star
  13. Saturn
  14. True
  15. True
  16. is famous for its rings
  17. is called the red planet
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Earth
  21. Earth
  22. Uranus
  23. Earth
  24. a moon
  25. Saturn
  26. a planet
  27. is the planet we live on
  28. True
  29. False
  30. spins tipped on its side
  31. Venus
  32. is the largest planet
  33. the Sun
  34. a planet
  35. Venus
  36. 365
  37. 7
  38. is closest to the Sun
  39. False
  40. True

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