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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 697 · 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 planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  2. 2.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  3. 3.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) Saturn
  4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Venus
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  7. 7.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) is the smallest planet
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
  13. 13.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  14. 14.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  18. 18.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is the smallest planet
  20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the largest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  22. 22.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
  24. 24.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is called the red planet
  28. 28.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) a diver
  29. 29.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Mars
  30. 30.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  32. 32.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Mars
  34. 34.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  35. 35.True or false: Saturn spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its tail (d) its orbit
  37. 37.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  38. 38.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?

Answer key

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

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