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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 745 · 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 Earth?
  2. 2.True or false: Earth is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Earth (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  6. 6.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  8. 8.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Saturn
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is called the red planet
  10. 10.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) the Sun switches off
  11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) the Pole Star
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  13. 13.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  16. 16.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) Earth
  17. 17.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  18. 18.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  20. 20.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the largest planet
  22. 22.True or false: Earth is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Phobos (c) Mars (d) Sirius
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  25. 25.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  29. 29.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it is on fire (d) it reflects sunlight
  30. 30.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  32. 32.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  33. 33.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
  34. 34.True or false: Jupiter is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  36. 36.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  39. 39.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its tail (d) its orbit
  40. 40.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. False
  3. an astronaut
  4. Earth
  5. the Sun
  6. Mars
  7. Uranus
  8. the Moon
  9. has oceans of water
  10. Earth spins on its axis
  11. Titan
  12. 2
  13. False
  14. Jupiter
  15. Mercury
  16. Ganymede
  17. a planet
  18. a moon
  19. is the largest planet
  20. 365
  21. is famous for its rings
  22. False
  23. Sirius
  24. Earth
  25. a moon
  26. Jupiter
  27. is farthest from the Sun
  28. 8
  29. it reflects sunlight
  30. 8
  31. Venus
  32. 24
  33. the Sun
  34. False
  35. Mercury
  36. is the hottest planet
  37. True
  38. a planet
  39. its orbit
  40. a planet

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