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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 84 · 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 the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) has oceans of water (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  3. 3.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Phobos (c) Jupiter (d) Sirius
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) has oceans of water
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Phobos
  11. 11.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) the Moon (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  12. 12.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Sirius (c) Ganymede (d) the Sun
  13. 13.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  14. 14.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun
  15. 15.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  16. 16.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
  18. 18.True or false: Uranus is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) has oceans of water (c) is the largest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  20. 20.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  23. 23.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is the planet we live on
  24. 24.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a telescope (c) a microscope (d) a stethoscope
  25. 25.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
  26. 26.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  27. 27.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  28. 28.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  29. 29.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  31. 31.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  32. 32.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  33. 33.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a pilot
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  35. 35.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Pole Star (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  36. 36.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Phobos (c) Venus (d) the Moon
  37. 37.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Earth (d) Venus
  39. 39.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury

Answer key

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

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