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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 737 · 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 Mercury?
  2. 2.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  3. 3.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) has oceans of water (d) is called the red planet
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  6. 6.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a microscope (d) a telescope
  7. 7.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its axis (c) its shadow (d) its tail
  11. 11.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  13. 13.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  15. 15.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  17. 17.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  20. 20.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  21. 21.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Venus
  25. 25.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it is on fire (c) it has lamps (d) it reflects sunlight
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  27. 27.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  29. 29.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  31. 31.True or false: Uranus is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
  35. 35.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  36. 36.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Mars
  38. 38.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  39. 39.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. Earth spins on its axis
  3. a star
  4. is closest to the Sun
  5. Mars
  6. a telescope
  7. True
  8. is the smallest planet
  9. Mercury
  10. its orbit
  11. the Sun
  12. 5
  13. True
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. a moon
  17. a moon
  18. Earth
  19. Mercury
  20. a star
  21. False
  22. Earth
  23. Earth
  24. Venus
  25. it reflects sunlight
  26. Jupiter
  27. a planet
  28. Sirius
  29. False
  30. a star
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Uranus
  34. is the planet we live on
  35. 365
  36. an astronaut
  37. Mars
  38. 8
  39. True
  40. 3

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