Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 212 · 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.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
2. 2.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
3. 3.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
4. 4.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the largest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
5. 5.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) Venus (d) Ganymede
6. 6.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Saturn (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
7. 7.Which of these is a planet? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) Titan (d) the Pole Star
8. 8.True or false: Uranus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Venus (d) Earth
10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
11. 11.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
13. 13.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
15. 15.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
18. 18.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Jupiter (c) the Moon (d) Phobos
19. 19.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) is the largest planet (d) is called the red planet
21. 21.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its tail (d) its orbit
22. 22.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it is on fire (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it makes its own light
23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
24. 24.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
25. 25.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
26. 26.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a star? (a) Saturn (b) Jupiter (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
29. 29.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Ganymede (c) Jupiter (d) the Pole Star
31. 31.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
33. 33.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
34. 34.True or false: Earth is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
36. 36.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
37. 37.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the largest planet
39. 39.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
40. 40.True or false: Mars is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True

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