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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 728 · 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.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  2. 2.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  3. 3.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  4. 4.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Phobos (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) spins tipped on its side (c) has oceans of water (d) is farthest from the Sun
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  7. 7.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) Titan
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) Mars
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  13. 13.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  15. 15.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  16. 16.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  18. 18.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  20. 20.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  23. 23.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  25. 25.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  29. 29.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) a pilot
  30. 30.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Earth (d) the Moon
  32. 32.True or false: Earth is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  39. 39.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet

Answer key

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

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