Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 110 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
2. 2.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the planet we live on
3. 3.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
4. 4.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
5. 5.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
8. 8.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
10. 10.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
11. 11.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
13. 13.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the smallest planet
14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) Earth (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
18. 18.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
19. 19.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
20. 20.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
21. 21.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: Mars is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Earth
26. 26.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
28. 28.True or false: Mars is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: Jupiter is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) Ganymede (d) Venus
31. 31.Which of these is a star? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Saturn
32. 32.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the largest planet (d) has oceans of water
33. 33.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
34. 34.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a sailor (b) a diver (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
35. 35.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its orbit (c) its axis (d) its shadow
36. 36.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) has oceans of water
37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
38. 38.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Earth
39. 39.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Saturn
40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Mars

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