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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 846 · 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 Mercury? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  2. 2.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  3. 3.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  6. 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
  7. 7.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its orbit (d) its tail
  8. 8.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  9. 9.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  10. 10.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  11. 11.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mars
  13. 13.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  14. 14.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  15. 15.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  19. 19.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is called the red planet
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  21. 21.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  23. 23.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  24. 24.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is called the red planet
  25. 25.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
  27. 27.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Sirius
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) has oceans of water (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  29. 29.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the smallest planet
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
  33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) the Pole Star
  34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  37. 37.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  39. 39.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  40. 40.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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