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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 856 · 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.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
  3. 3.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Ganymede
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
  6. 6.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  7. 7.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  8. 8.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
  11. 11.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  12. 12.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  13. 13.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  15. 15.True or false: Mercury has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) has oceans of water (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
  17. 17.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  18. 18.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Uranus
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  21. 21.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it makes its own light (c) it is on fire (d) it reflects sunlight
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  23. 23.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  25. 25.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the largest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  30. 30.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  31. 31.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  33. 33.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) Venus (d) the Sun
  37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  38. 38.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Saturn spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) Saturn

Answer key

  1. an astronaut
  2. Mercury
  3. Sirius
  4. Mars
  5. is the planet we live on
  6. a star
  7. 8
  8. True
  9. 24
  10. 8
  11. a planet
  12. a moon
  13. 365
  14. Saturn
  15. False
  16. spins tipped on its side
  17. a moon
  18. 1
  19. Mercury
  20. is closest to the Sun
  21. it reflects sunlight
  22. 4
  23. Earth spins on its axis
  24. 1
  25. a planet
  26. Earth
  27. is the hottest planet
  28. Earth
  29. is called the red planet
  30. a moon
  31. is farthest from the Sun
  32. Neptune
  33. a planet
  34. is the largest planet
  35. 3
  36. Ganymede
  37. 6
  38. True
  39. False
  40. the Moon

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