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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 860 · 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.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) has oceans of water
  5. 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Venus (c) the Sun (d) Mars
  6. 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) Saturn (d) Ganymede
  7. 7.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
  8. 8.True or false: Uranus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  10. 10.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  11. 11.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) an astronaut (c) a pilot (d) a sailor
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  14. 14.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Neptune
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  17. 17.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
  18. 18.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  19. 19.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  20. 20.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  21. 21.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  23. 23.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Mars
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  29. 29.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  31. 31.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  32. 32.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  33. 33.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Earth
  36. 36.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  37. 37.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Sirius (d) Mars
  38. 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) Saturn
  39. 39.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  40. 40.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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