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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 714 · 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 a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) Mars
  2. 2.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  6. 6.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  7. 7.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  8. 8.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  10. 10.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) Venus
  11. 11.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
  12. 12.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  13. 13.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  15. 15.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  18. 18.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
  20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  22. 22.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  23. 23.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) the Sun (d) Titan
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  29. 29.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  30. 30.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is closest to the Sun
  32. 32.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Phobos (d) Venus
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  34. 34.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  35. 35.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) clouds cover the sky
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  38. 38.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) has oceans of water
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) spins tipped on its side

Answer key

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

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