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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 834 · 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) Venus (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  2. 2.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) has oceans of water
  4. 4.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  5. 5.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🌓 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
  7. 7.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  8. 8.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Earth (d) Ganymede
  10. 10.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the largest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  14. 14.True or false: Mars is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  17. 17.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Ganymede (c) the Moon (d) Jupiter
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Venus
  21. 21.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Saturn (d) Titan
  23. 23.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) has oceans of water
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Saturn
  26. 26.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) an astronaut
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
  29. 29.True or false: Uranus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  32. 32.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Saturn
  34. 34.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  39. 39.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?

Answer key

  1. Mercury
  2. a star
  3. is famous for its rings
  4. a planet
  5. True
  6. Earth spins on its axis
  7. Mercury
  8. True
  9. Sirius
  10. 365
  11. Earth
  12. is called the red planet
  13. Uranus
  14. False
  15. is closest to the Sun
  16. 5
  17. False
  18. 8
  19. Jupiter
  20. Mars
  21. a star
  22. Saturn
  23. True
  24. has oceans of water
  25. Earth
  26. an astronaut
  27. Jupiter
  28. Saturn
  29. False
  30. is the largest planet
  31. is the hottest planet
  32. a planet
  33. Neptune
  34. the Pole Star
  35. 2
  36. a star
  37. True
  38. 3
  39. 24
  40. 6

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