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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 941 · 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 the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the smallest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is called the red planet
  5. 5.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  7. 7.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  8. 8.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Mars is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) Saturn (d) Sirius
  11. 11.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  12. 12.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun
  13. 13.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) Venus
  14. 14.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Earth
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  18. 18.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  19. 19.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  20. 20.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Venus
  21. 21.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  22. 22.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
  23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
  25. 25.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  26. 26.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) Venus
  27. 27.True or false: Saturn has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) has oceans of water (c) is the largest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) spins tipped on its side (d) has oceans of water
  31. 31.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Venus
  33. 33.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  34. 34.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  35. 35.True or false: Venus is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Titan (d) the Sun
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is a moon? (a) Saturn (b) Phobos (c) Mars (d) Sirius
  40. 40.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun

Answer key

  1. a star
  2. Earth
  3. spins tipped on its side
  4. is the smallest planet
  5. a star
  6. 3
  7. a star
  8. True
  9. False
  10. Saturn
  11. a moon
  12. is called the red planet
  13. Venus
  14. Uranus
  15. Earth
  16. is the largest planet
  17. 2
  18. 365
  19. a moon
  20. Mars
  21. the Sun
  22. its orbit
  23. 5
  24. Jupiter
  25. is famous for its rings
  26. the Moon
  27. False
  28. 8
  29. has oceans of water
  30. is farthest from the Sun
  31. True
  32. Venus
  33. Saturn
  34. a planet
  35. False
  36. Titan
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Phobos
  40. Earth spins on its axis

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