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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 929 · 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.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  2. 2.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  3. 3.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  4. 4.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is famous for its rings
  6. 6.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Mars (d) Saturn
  8. 8.True or false: Venus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) the Pole Star
  11. 11.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  12. 12.Which of these is a star? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
  13. 13.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  14. 14.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
  16. 16.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  17. 17.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Phobos
  18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Mars (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede
  19. 19.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Venus
  21. 21.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  23. 23.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  25. 25.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its orbit (c) its shadow (d) its axis
  26. 26.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Venus (d) Phobos
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  29. 29.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mercury
  30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
  31. 31.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Earth
  33. 33.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  34. 34.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
  35. 35.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  37. 37.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
  38. 38.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Venus
  39. 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) Jupiter (d) the Sun
  40. 40.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. a moon
  3. Jupiter
  4. False
  5. is the largest planet
  6. True
  7. Sirius
  8. False
  9. Saturn
  10. the Sun
  11. is called the red planet
  12. the Sun
  13. Titan
  14. True
  15. Mercury
  16. a star
  17. Phobos
  18. Mars
  19. 5
  20. Earth
  21. Uranus
  22. 2
  23. True
  24. a star
  25. its orbit
  26. 24
  27. Venus
  28. is the hottest planet
  29. Mercury
  30. 4
  31. True
  32. Earth
  33. a planet
  34. is farthest from the Sun
  35. True
  36. a moon
  37. the Moon
  38. Neptune
  39. Jupiter
  40. 8

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