Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 111 · 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.True or false: Venus is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
3. 3.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) Titan (c) Mars (d) Sirius
4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
5. 5.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) the Sun switches off (d) clouds cover the sky
6. 6.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Earth (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
9. 9.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Venus
11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
12. 12.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
13. 13.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Saturn
14. 14.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
15. 15.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) has oceans of water (d) spins tipped on its side
16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mercury (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
17. 17.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
18. 18.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
19. 19.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the largest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
20. 20.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) the Pole Star (c) Titan (d) Phobos
21. 21.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its orbit (c) its axis (d) its shadow
22. 22.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Jupiter
23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Earth
25. 25.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) the Sun (d) Titan
26. 26.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
27. 27.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
28. 28.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the smallest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
29. 29.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
31. 31.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
34. 34.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Uranus (d) Earth
35. 35.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
39. 39.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a telescope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?

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