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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 832 · 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 smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is the largest planet
  3. 3.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  4. 4.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  5. 5.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  6. 6.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) Mars (d) the Moon
  7. 7.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  8. 8.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Titan (c) Phobos (d) Venus
  9. 9.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Sirius
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  12. 12.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  15. 15.True or false: Jupiter is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🌓 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
  17. 17.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Venus
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) the Moon (c) Sirius (d) Titan
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  20. 20.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  22. 22.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  23. 23.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  24. 24.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a pilot
  25. 25.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  26. 26.True or false: Saturn is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Earth (d) Phobos
  28. 28.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  29. 29.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Jupiter
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  31. 31.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  32. 32.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it has lamps (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it makes its own light
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Neptune
  34. 34.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  36. 36.True or false: Earth is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  39. 39.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury

Answer key

  1. Mercury
  2. is called the red planet
  3. a planet
  4. its orbit
  5. 4
  6. the Moon
  7. a planet
  8. Venus
  9. the Sun
  10. is farthest from the Sun
  11. Jupiter
  12. False
  13. the Pole Star
  14. Uranus
  15. False
  16. Earth spins on its axis
  17. Neptune
  18. Sirius
  19. 8
  20. True
  21. is the largest planet
  22. a planet
  23. 24
  24. an astronaut
  25. Titan
  26. False
  27. Earth
  28. a moon
  29. the Sun
  30. is the hottest planet
  31. 1
  32. it reflects sunlight
  33. Venus
  34. True
  35. 8
  36. False
  37. 2
  38. Earth
  39. a moon
  40. Mercury

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