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Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 958 · 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.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
  2. 2.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is the smallest planet
  3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
  4. 4.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Uranus
  5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) has oceans of water
  6. 6.True or false: Earth is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
  8. 8.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
  10. 10.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
  11. 11.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
  12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
  13. 13.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Earth
  14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
  15. 15.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
  16. 16.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
  17. 17.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
  18. 18.Which of these is a star? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) the Pole Star
  19. 19.True or false: Jupiter is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is farthest from the Sun
  22. 22.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
  23. 23.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  24. 24.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
  25. 25.True or false: Saturn spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is the hottest planet
  27. 27.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
  28. 28.True or false: Saturn has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is closest to the Sun
  30. 30.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the smallest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) is famous for its rings
  31. 31.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
  32. 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) the Moon
  33. 33.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Mars
  34. 34.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
  35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
  36. 36.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
  37. 37.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Venus is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Saturn is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Earth

Answer key

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

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