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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 610 · 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 Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is closest to the Sun
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  5. 5.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  6. 6.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Jupiter (d) the Moon
  8. 8.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) the Pole Star (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
  12. 12.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) the Pole Star
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  17. 17.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  19. 19.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  20. 20.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  23. 23.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) Phobos
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is called the red planet
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Saturn (d) Ganymede
  27. 27.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  29. 29.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  30. 30.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Moon (c) Saturn (d) Sirius
  32. 32.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  35. 35.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Saturn (c) Ganymede (d) Titan
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Ganymede (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  40. 40.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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