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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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