Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 205 · 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.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
2. 2.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
4. 4.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is famous for its rings
5. 5.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
6. 6.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Ganymede (c) Titan (d) Earth
7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
8. 8.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Saturn
11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
12. 12.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Venus
13. 13.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Earth
14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
15. 15.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Phobos (c) the Moon (d) Earth
17. 17.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) spins tipped on its side
18. 18.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the hottest planet
19. 19.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
20. 20.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is called the red planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the planet we live on (d) is closest to the Sun
21. 21.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
22. 22.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
23. 23.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
24. 24.True or false: Earth is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
26. 26.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a periscope (c) a telescope (d) a microscope
27. 27.True or false: Neptune is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
30. 30.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
31. 31.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
33. 33.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Titan
35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
36. 36.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
40. 40.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star

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