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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 772 · 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 Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  2. 2.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  3. 3.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  4. 4.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Ganymede (c) Mars (d) Phobos
  5. 5.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) the Sun
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  9. 9.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  10. 10.True or false: Mars is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the planet we live on
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  14. 14.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  18. 18.True or false: Earth is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  20. 20.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Saturn is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  23. 23.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  24. 24.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Saturn (c) Titan (d) Sirius
  25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  26. 26.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  27. 27.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  30. 30.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its orbit (d) its axis
  31. 31.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) Earth
  33. 33.True or false: Uranus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  36. 36.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  37. 37.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a diver (c) an astronaut (d) a pilot
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Uranus

Answer key

  1. a star
  2. a moon
  3. 365
  4. the Pole Star
  5. a moon
  6. the Sun
  7. 5
  8. is the smallest planet
  9. the Sun
  10. False
  11. 7
  12. is the planet we live on
  13. is farthest from the Sun
  14. 1
  15. 2
  16. a moon
  17. 6
  18. False
  19. 8
  20. True
  21. False
  22. is the hottest planet
  23. a star
  24. Saturn
  25. 3
  26. a planet
  27. True
  28. True
  29. 24
  30. its orbit
  31. True
  32. Earth
  33. False
  34. Earth spins on its axis
  35. is called the red planet
  36. Earth
  37. False
  38. False
  39. an astronaut
  40. Saturn

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