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Space Science Worksheet — Grade 3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following planets is closest to the Sun?

a)

Venus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Mars

d)

Neptune

2.

What does the image show?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Moon

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

3.

The Sun provides us with _______.

a)

mechanical energy

b)

sound energy

c)

light and heat

d)

matter

4.

What does the image show?

a)

Earth’s rotation

b)

Earth’s orbit

c)

The Moon’s orbit

d)

The Moon’s rotation

5.

Our moon revolves around _______.

a)

the Sun

b)

Earth

c)

itself

d)

Mars

6.

Our moon reflects light from _______.

a)

the Sun

b)

Earth

c)

itself

d)

Mars

7.

What tool can we use to observe objects in space?

a)

Hand lens

b)

Magnet

c)

Microscope

d)

Telescope

8.

What does the image show?

a)

Phases of the Moon

b)

Day and night

c)

The Sun’s orbit

d)

Earth’s orbit

9.

Earth takes ________ to revolve around the Sun.

a)

1 year

b)

1 day

c)

1 month

d)

1 hour

10.

What does the image show?

a)

The Moon orbiting Earth

b)

Earth orbiting the Sun

c)

Earth’s rotation

d)

The Sun’s orbit

11.

We experience day and night every 24 ________.

a)

days

b)

weeks

c)

hours

d)

years

12.

The sun is made of ________.

a)

solid rock

b)

planets

c)

metal

d)

hot gases and plasma

13.

What does the image show?

a)

The phases of the Moon

b)

Day and night on Earth

c)

Day and night on the Sun

d)

The phases of the Sun

14.

What do the planets in our solar system all orbit?

a)

The Sun

b)

The Moon

c)

Earth

d)

Mars

15.

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Earth

b)

Neptune

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mercury

16.

Which planet in our solar system is the farthest from the Sun?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Earth

d)

Jupiter

17.

When we can see all the Moon’s reflected light, it is a ________.

a)

Full Moon

b)

New Moon

c)

Quarter Moon

d)

Crescent Moon

18.

A globe is a ________.

a)

model

b)

telescope

c)

graph

d)

safety tool

19.

The spinning of a planet on its axis is known as ________.

a)

orbiting

b)

revolving

c)

rotating

d)

flying

20.

The Sun is a ________.

a)

moon

b)

planet

c)

star

d)

orbit

21.

What keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?

a)

centripetal force

b)

gravity

c)

love

d)

friction

22.
What do the planets orbit around?
a)
They orbit around the Earth.
b)
They orbit around each other.
c)
They orbit around the sun.
d)
They orbit around the sun,
23.

How many planets orbit the sun in our solar system?

a)
4 planets orbit the sun.
b)
9 planets orbit the sun.
c)
8 planets orbit the sun.
d)
Over 20 planets orbit the sun.
24.

Which planet has the longest revolution around the Sun?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Uranus

d)

Neptune

25.

Based on the pattern in the data table, predict the period of Mars' orbit.

a)

less than 88 days

b)

between 88 and 224.6 days

c)

greater than 365.2 days

d)

exactly 2x 224.6 days