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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 707 · 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.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Titan
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
  4. 4.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  6. 6.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  9. 9.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Sirius
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  11. 11.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  12. 12.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  14. 14.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  16. 16.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its axis (c) its shadow (d) its tail
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  18. 18.True or false: Uranus is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  20. 20.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Venus
  23. 23.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  24. 24.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  26. 26.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it makes its own light (c) it has lamps (d) it reflects sunlight
  27. 27.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  28. 28.True or false: Venus has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  31. 31.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  33. 33.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  35. 35.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Venus is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Titan

Answer key

  1. a star
  2. Earth
  3. Earth
  4. a telescope
  5. 2
  6. a planet
  7. 1
  8. Mercury
  9. the Sun
  10. Mars
  11. 8
  12. True
  13. is the hottest planet
  14. a moon
  15. 3
  16. its orbit
  17. is called the red planet
  18. False
  19. 365
  20. True
  21. a moon
  22. Neptune
  23. a star
  24. True
  25. 24
  26. it reflects sunlight
  27. a planet
  28. False
  29. Venus
  30. 8
  31. a planet
  32. is the largest planet
  33. a moon
  34. Uranus
  35. True
  36. False
  37. a star
  38. is the smallest planet
  39. Earth
  40. Venus

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