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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 774 · 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.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
  3. 3.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is farthest from the Sun
  6. 6.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  12. 12.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the largest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
  15. 15.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) the Sun (d) Venus
  16. 16.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  19. 19.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  20. 20.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a microscope
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  22. 22.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is famous for its rings (d) is farthest from the Sun
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  25. 25.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  27. 27.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  28. 28.True or false: Venus is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  33. 33.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  36. 36.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  38. 38.🌓 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
  39. 39.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Saturn (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede

Answer key

  1. True
  2. is the planet we live on
  3. a planet
  4. spins tipped on its side
  5. is the largest planet
  6. False
  7. Mercury
  8. Jupiter
  9. 4
  10. 6
  11. Mars
  12. True
  13. is farthest from the Sun
  14. Ganymede
  15. the Sun
  16. 8
  17. Venus
  18. 2
  19. a moon
  20. a telescope
  21. has oceans of water
  22. a star
  23. is the hottest planet
  24. the Moon
  25. the Sun
  26. Mercury
  27. 365
  28. False
  29. 24
  30. 7
  31. Sirius
  32. Jupiter
  33. True
  34. a planet
  35. Neptune
  36. a planet
  37. Earth
  38. Earth spins on its axis
  39. False
  40. Saturn

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