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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 899 · 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: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  4. 4.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Mercury is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is called the red planet
  7. 7.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a pilot
  8. 8.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
  9. 9.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  10. 10.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  11. 11.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is closest to the Sun
  13. 13.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  14. 14.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) Ganymede (d) Sirius
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the smallest planet
  17. 17.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  18. 18.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  19. 19.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Mars (d) Phobos
  20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Sirius
  21. 21.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  24. 24.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Sirius (c) Phobos (d) Mars
  25. 25.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  26. 26.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  27. 27.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the largest planet
  28. 28.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) the Moon hides the Sun (d) clouds cover the sky
  29. 29.True or false: Mars is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its shadow (c) its tail (d) its axis
  31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
  33. 33.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
  35. 35.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) Titan
  36. 36.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
  38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  39. 39.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) Sirius
  40. 40.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?

Answer key

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

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