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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 757 · 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 Venus?
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Venus (d) Ganymede
  5. 5.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is famous for its rings
  9. 9.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  11. 11.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  12. 12.🌓 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
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Earth (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
  15. 15.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) has oceans of water
  18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  19. 19.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Sun (c) Venus (d) Titan
  21. 21.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  22. 22.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  23. 23.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the largest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is famous for its rings
  27. 27.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) Sirius
  28. 28.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  30. 30.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  31. 31.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  33. 33.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  34. 34.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) has oceans of water
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  37. 37.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Saturn (c) the Sun (d) Titan
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  39. 39.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) has oceans of water

Answer key

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

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