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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 76 · 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 Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  2. 2.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  3. 3.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  5. 5.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
  7. 7.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  12. 12.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  14. 14.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  15. 15.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its tail (d) its orbit
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  17. 17.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  19. 19.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Earth (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Jupiter (c) the Sun (d) Phobos
  21. 21.True or false: Saturn is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is called the red planet
  23. 23.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it has lamps (c) it makes its own light (d) it reflects sunlight
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  25. 25.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  27. 27.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  31. 31.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  33. 33.🌓 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
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  37. 37.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a microscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  39. 39.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  40. 40.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?

Answer key

  1. a planet
  2. Venus
  3. 8
  4. is farthest from the Sun
  5. a star
  6. has oceans of water
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. Mars
  10. is called the red planet
  11. Venus
  12. False
  13. is closest to the Sun
  14. a moon
  15. its orbit
  16. spins tipped on its side
  17. a planet
  18. Uranus
  19. the Sun
  20. Phobos
  21. False
  22. is the smallest planet
  23. it reflects sunlight
  24. Earth
  25. the Sun
  26. 4
  27. a star
  28. Mercury
  29. Mars
  30. 2
  31. False
  32. 5
  33. Earth spins on its axis
  34. is the hottest planet
  35. Earth
  36. 8
  37. False
  38. a telescope
  39. a planet
  40. 365

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