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GRADE 3                                                                                                                 Start Up G.K



               12        Heavenly bodies                                                                                                 13         Popular faces



            I.  Unscramble the words and answer the following questions.                                                              Do you know who they are? Write the correct letter in each box to


            1.   The star present in the centre of our Solar System is the (NSU)                                                      name them.
                                  .

            2.  All the planets move in a fixed path called (TRBOI)                                          .

            3.  The only natural satellite of the Earth is the (NOOM)                                          .

            4.  The different shapes of the Moon are called (PSAHES)                                           .

            5.   On (WNE NOOM)                              day we cannot see the Moon at                                             1.   He was the 16  President of                     2.   He was popularly called
                                                                                                                                                                th
                 all from the Earth.                                                                                                        the United States of America                        ‘Madiba’. He was a South

            II.   Read the clues and complete the puzzle. You can use the clue                                                              and he abolished slavery.                           African who fought against
                 box for help.                                                                                                                                                                  ‘apartheid’.

            Across:
            1.   Instrument used to see stars

                 and planets.
            3.   Movement of the Earth on its

                 own axis.
            5.   Movement of the Earth                                                                                                3.   He was an American singer,                      4.   She is a British novelist, best

                 around the Sun.                                                                                                            songwriter, dancer and actor.                       known as the author of the

            Down:                                                                                                                           He was popularly called the                         Harry Potter series.

            2.   Group of stars seen as a                                                                                                   ‘King of Pop.’
                 pattern in the sky.


                     Info-bites
                    Neil Armstrong
                    was the first man
                    to land and walk
                    on the Moon. His        4.  Big holes present on the surface of the Moon.                                         5.   He is an American                               6.   She is the queen of
                    foot prints on the                                                                                                      businessman and co-founder                          United Kingdom and other
                    Moon will stay          6.   A bright heavenly body having a head and                                                   of Microsoft company.                               Commonwealth nations.
                    there for a long              a long glowing tail.
                    time as there is
                    no air to blow                 revolution              crater          constellation                                 a. Nelson Mandela               b. Bill Gates                 c. J.K.Rowling
                    them off!                      telescope              rotation              comet                                    d. Queen Elizabeth II e. Abraham Lincoln f. Michael Jackson


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