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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 618 · 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 true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  5. 5.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  6. 6.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the largest planet
  9. 9.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  10. 10.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  11. 11.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mars
  14. 14.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  17. 17.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  18. 18.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  19. 19.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Ganymede (d) Titan
  20. 20.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a pilot
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Saturn (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
  24. 24.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Ganymede
  25. 25.🌕 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
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) the Moon (c) Earth (d) the Sun
  27. 27.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  30. 30.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  32. 32.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  33. 33.True or false: Neptune is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter

Answer key

  1. is the hottest planet
  2. is the largest planet
  3. 4
  4. Uranus
  5. 8
  6. a telescope
  7. is the smallest planet
  8. has oceans of water
  9. a planet
  10. 1
  11. a planet
  12. 3
  13. Saturn
  14. False
  15. Mercury
  16. Jupiter
  17. a star
  18. the Sun
  19. Sirius
  20. True
  21. an astronaut
  22. Earth
  23. Saturn
  24. Venus
  25. it reflects sunlight
  26. the Sun
  27. a moon
  28. Mercury
  29. 6
  30. its orbit
  31. 7
  32. 365
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a planet
  36. is farthest from the Sun
  37. 1
  38. spins tipped on its side
  39. True
  40. Earth

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