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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 748 · 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 Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is the hottest planet
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the hottest planet
  6. 6.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  7. 7.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  9. 9.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the largest planet
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  14. 14.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  16. 16.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  17. 17.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the largest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mars
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) has oceans of water
  22. 22.True or false: Venus is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its orbit
  24. 24.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) has oceans of water (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the largest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is closest to the Sun
  27. 27.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Mars
  28. 28.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  30. 30.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) Phobos
  31. 31.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  32. 32.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  35. 35.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
  37. 37.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a telescope (b) a stethoscope (c) a periscope (d) a microscope
  38. 38.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) Jupiter
  40. 40.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Venus

Answer key

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

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