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Grade 3 · Discovering the world

Discovering the world quiz for grade 3: The solar system

This quiz helps revise “The solar system” in Discovering the world for grade 3. It has 25 questions in five categories: The Sun, Rocky planets, Giant planets, The Moon, Space wanderers. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 8–9
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: The solar system

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

The Sun

  1. 100

    What does the Sun give to our planet along with light?

  2. 200

    Why does the Sun look much bigger and brighter in our sky than other stars?

  3. 300

    What do scientists call…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is the path…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is the outer…

    In the game

Rocky planets

  1. 100

    Which planet is called the "Blue Planet" because oceans cover most of its surface?

  2. 200

    Which neighbor of Earth is called the "Red Planet" because of its rusty-red soil?

  3. 300

    Which planet is the…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is the name…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is the name…

    In the game

Giant planets

  1. 100

    Which planet is the largest in the entire Solar System?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which pictured giant planet is easiest to recognise by its wide bright rings?

  3. 300

    Which planet is located…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which blue-green planet rolls…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is this pictured…

    In the game

The Moon

  1. 100

    What is the phase called when the Moon's entire disk is lit as seen from Earth?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    What is the name for these pictured circular pits on the Moon formed by meteorite crashes?

  3. 300

    Whose light does the…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What did ancient astronomers…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is the regular…

    In the game

Space wanderers

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What is the name of this pictured space rock that survived falling to Earth?

  2. 200

    What is the long glowing stream that extends from a comet as it nears the Sun called?

  3. 300

    What is the ring…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which pictured icy world…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which famous cosmic traveler…

    In the game

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All 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.

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How it works

  1. Pick a quiz and press “Play”.
  2. Send students or friends the link — they join from a phone or a computer.
  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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