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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 813 · 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 of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is the largest planet
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  4. 4.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  5. 5.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  6. 6.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
  10. 10.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a stethoscope
  11. 11.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) has oceans of water (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  13. 13.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) the Sun
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  16. 16.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mars
  18. 18.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  19. 19.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  20. 20.True or false: Mars is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  23. 23.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) the Moon
  24. 24.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  25. 25.🌓 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
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is called the red planet
  27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  28. 28.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  30. 30.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  31. 31.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  32. 32.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  34. 34.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  35. 35.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its axis (c) its tail (d) its shadow
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
  40. 40.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun

Answer key

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

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