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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 723 · 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.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Neptune
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Mercury
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the largest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  10. 10.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  11. 11.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
  12. 12.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  14. 14.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the smallest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  18. 18.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  20. 20.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  22. 22.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) Titan
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the smallest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  27. 27.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  29. 29.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the hottest planet
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  34. 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  35. 35.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  37. 37.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  38. 38.True or false: Venus has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  40. 40.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star

Answer key

  1. 365
  2. False
  3. a planet
  4. Saturn
  5. 3
  6. Mercury
  7. 6
  8. is famous for its rings
  9. 8
  10. a planet
  11. an astronaut
  12. True
  13. Earth
  14. 24
  15. is the hottest planet
  16. is farthest from the Sun
  17. is the largest planet
  18. a star
  19. Uranus
  20. True
  21. Mercury
  22. False
  23. Earth
  24. 2
  25. Jupiter
  26. spins tipped on its side
  27. a moon
  28. Mars
  29. True
  30. 8
  31. is closest to the Sun
  32. is called the red planet
  33. 7
  34. Earth spins on its axis
  35. its orbit
  36. a moon
  37. is the planet we live on
  38. False
  39. 1
  40. a planet

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