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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 744 · 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.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  5. 5.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  8. 8.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Ganymede
  10. 10.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
  13. 13.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its tail (d) its orbit
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  18. 18.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) clouds cover the sky
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mars
  20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
  21. 21.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  22. 22.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  23. 23.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  24. 24.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it has lamps (d) it makes its own light
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  26. 26.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  27. 27.True or false: Mars is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) has oceans of water (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the planet we live on
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  32. 32.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  34. 34.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the smallest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun
  36. 36.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  37. 37.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) Saturn (d) the Moon
  40. 40.True or false: Earth is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a planet
  2. 4
  3. Jupiter
  4. 5
  5. a planet
  6. is the smallest planet
  7. Earth
  8. the Sun
  9. Earth
  10. 8
  11. the Pole Star
  12. is the hottest planet
  13. its orbit
  14. 7
  15. 1
  16. Venus
  17. 2
  18. Earth spins on its axis
  19. Earth
  20. Saturn
  21. 1
  22. a star
  23. Mercury
  24. it reflects sunlight
  25. 6
  26. a star
  27. False
  28. is famous for its rings
  29. Mars
  30. is called the red planet
  31. Mercury
  32. True
  33. a planet
  34. Jupiter
  35. spins tipped on its side
  36. 24
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Sirius
  40. False

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