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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 914 · 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 Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  4. 4.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  6. 6.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  7. 7.True or false: Mercury is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  9. 9.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
  12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Phobos
  13. 13.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is famous for its rings
  17. 17.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  18. 18.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  19. 19.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  20. 20.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
  22. 22.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  25. 25.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  26. 26.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a pilot
  28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) Ganymede (d) Earth
  29. 29.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Titan (c) the Sun (d) Saturn
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Neptune
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
  34. 34.True or false: Saturn is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  36. 36.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its tail
  38. 38.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Sirius (d) Jupiter
  39. 39.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the largest planet
  40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

Answer key

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

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