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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 776 · 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 Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
  3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Phobos (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
  4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  5. 5.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) Venus
  6. 6.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  7. 7.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  8. 8.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is called the red planet
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  11. 11.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  12. 12.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  16. 16.True or false: Mars is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a pilot
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
  20. 20.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  25. 25.True or false: Venus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Mars is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) Phobos
  29. 29.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the planet we live on
  32. 32.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its axis (c) its shadow (d) its orbit
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  36. 36.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  37. 37.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  39. 39.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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