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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 70 · 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.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  3. 3.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a telescope (c) a microscope (d) a stethoscope
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Earth
  6. 6.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  7. 7.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  8. 8.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Titan (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  10. 10.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  13. 13.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Sirius
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  15. 15.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  16. 16.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) the Sun (d) Ganymede
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) has oceans of water
  18. 18.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  25. 25.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  26. 26.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Phobos (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Sirius (c) Phobos (d) Ganymede
  28. 28.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  30. 30.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  36. 36.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Phobos
  40. 40.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Sun

Answer key

  1. 365
  2. Uranus
  3. a telescope
  4. 2
  5. Mars
  6. a planet
  7. 24
  8. 1
  9. the Pole Star
  10. a star
  11. 6
  12. Saturn
  13. the Moon
  14. Earth
  15. a star
  16. Ganymede
  17. is famous for its rings
  18. a star
  19. Jupiter
  20. has oceans of water
  21. 1
  22. Mercury
  23. Neptune
  24. Earth
  25. a planet
  26. Venus
  27. Earth
  28. False
  29. the Sun
  30. True
  31. a planet
  32. is the smallest planet
  33. 3
  34. is the largest planet
  35. is farthest from the Sun
  36. a planet
  37. 7
  38. is the hottest planet
  39. Mars
  40. the Sun

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