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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 758 · 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.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) has oceans of water (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  3. 3.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) the Pole Star
  4. 4.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  5. 5.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  7. 7.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is farthest from the Sun
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  10. 10.True or false: Saturn spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  13. 13.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  17. 17.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  18. 18.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the planet we live on (d) is closest to the Sun
  21. 21.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
  23. 23.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it makes its own light (d) it has lamps
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
  25. 25.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  26. 26.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  28. 28.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  29. 29.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  30. 30.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  31. 31.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  32. 32.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  33. 33.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  35. 35.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) clouds cover the sky (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  37. 37.True or false: Venus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?

Answer key

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

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