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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 665 · 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 planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Mars
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  4. 4.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  5. 5.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a diver
  6. 6.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  9. 9.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  11. 11.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  13. 13.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  15. 15.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  17. 17.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Titan (c) the Sun (d) Earth
  20. 20.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  22. 22.True or false: Jupiter is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Venus
  25. 25.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  27. 27.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  29. 29.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its axis (c) its orbit (d) its shadow
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  31. 31.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  33. 33.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  34. 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  37. 37.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  39. 39.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  40. 40.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Jupiter
  2. is the smallest planet
  3. Saturn
  4. a planet
  5. an astronaut
  6. a moon
  7. Mars
  8. 4
  9. False
  10. Neptune
  11. a moon
  12. is famous for its rings
  13. True
  14. spins tipped on its side
  15. the Pole Star
  16. Earth
  17. True
  18. False
  19. the Sun
  20. 8
  21. has oceans of water
  22. False
  23. 365
  24. Earth
  25. True
  26. 3
  27. a star
  28. Mercury
  29. its orbit
  30. is the hottest planet
  31. a star
  32. is the planet we live on
  33. a planet
  34. Earth spins on its axis
  35. 1
  36. Uranus
  37. True
  38. 6
  39. a planet
  40. False

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