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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 715 · 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 star? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) Venus (d) Sirius
  2. 2.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  3. 3.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  4. 4.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  6. 6.True or false: Mercury is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Mars (c) Phobos (d) Earth
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  15. 15.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) the Moon
  16. 16.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  17. 17.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  19. 19.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  20. 20.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  23. 23.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) the Pole Star
  24. 24.True or false: Earth spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is farthest from the Sun
  28. 28.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  30. 30.True or false: Jupiter has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  32. 32.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  33. 33.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  34. 34.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?

Answer key

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

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