Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 148 · 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.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
2. 2.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
4. 4.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) spins tipped on its side
6. 6.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
7. 7.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Sun switches off (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Moon hides the Sun
9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
11. 11.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a microscope (b) a stethoscope (c) a periscope (d) a telescope
12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Uranus (d) Mars
13. 13.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
14. 14.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
15. 15.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its axis (c) its orbit (d) its shadow
17. 17.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
20. 20.Which of these is a moon? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
21. 21.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: Mars is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Uranus (c) Neptune (d) Mars
26. 26.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
27. 27.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
28. 28.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
30. 30.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
31. 31.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
32. 32.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
34. 34.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
35. 35.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Earth (d) Saturn
36. 36.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
37. 37.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is farthest from the Sun
38. 38.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Mars
39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

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