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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 811 · 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 planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the Sun
  4. 4.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  7. 7.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  8. 8.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  9. 9.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) has oceans of water
  10. 10.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  11. 11.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is called the red planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  15. 15.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
  16. 16.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  17. 17.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Sirius (c) Phobos (d) Titan
  18. 18.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  20. 20.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  23. 23.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it is on fire (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it makes its own light
  24. 24.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  25. 25.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  26. 26.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  27. 27.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its orbit (c) its tail (d) its shadow
  28. 28.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  30. 30.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  31. 31.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a telescope (d) a periscope
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  33. 33.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) the Moon
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  37. 37.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  38. 38.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a diver (c) a pilot (d) a sailor
  39. 39.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  40. 40.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

Answer key

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

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