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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 703 · 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 Jupiter? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  3. 3.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) Phobos (d) Mars
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
  9. 9.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  10. 10.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Venus
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the smallest planet (d) is called the red planet
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Earth (d) Titan
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  15. 15.True or false: Saturn spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  17. 17.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it has lamps (c) it is on fire (d) it makes its own light
  18. 18.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  21. 21.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Ganymede (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  24. 24.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  25. 25.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Ganymede (d) Titan
  26. 26.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  29. 29.True or false: Mars spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  31. 31.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  33. 33.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its orbit (c) its shadow (d) its tail
  34. 34.True or false: Earth is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
  36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) the Pole Star
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  38. 38.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  39. 39.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  40. 40.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) an astronaut

Answer key

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

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