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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 950 · 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 Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
  2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  3. 3.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) has oceans of water
  4. 4.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
  5. 5.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) Ganymede (c) Phobos (d) Sirius
  6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
  7. 7.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Uranus
  9. 9.True or false: Uranus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
  13. 13.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mars
  14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Phobos (c) Jupiter (d) Venus
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  16. 16.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
  17. 17.🌓 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
  18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  19. 19.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Earth
  20. 20.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
  22. 22.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Mars
  23. 23.True or false: Venus is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  26. 26.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a pilot (c) a diver (d) a sailor
  27. 27.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) has oceans of water (d) spins tipped on its side
  29. 29.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  31. 31.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mars
  32. 32.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
  33. 33.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) has oceans of water (d) is closest to the Sun
  34. 34.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) Saturn (c) the Pole Star (d) Titan
  35. 35.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
  36. 36.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  37. 37.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Saturn is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
  40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?

Answer key

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

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