Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System
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.
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- 1.True or false: Uranus has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
- 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Sirius (c) Titan (d) Earth
- 4.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
- 5.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
- 6.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 7.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Ganymede (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
- 8.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
- 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
- 10.👩🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a diver (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
- 11.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
- 12.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
- 13.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
- 14.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
- 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 16.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) has oceans of water (d) is the smallest planet
- 18.True or false: Earth is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 21.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Saturn
- 22.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 23.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it reflects sunlight (b) it is on fire (c) it makes its own light (d) it has lamps
- 24.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Jupiter (c) the Pole Star (d) Phobos
- 25.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) the Moon
- 27.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) Saturn
- 29.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
- 30.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Mercury
- 32.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) Ganymede (d) the Sun
- 33.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 34.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
- 35.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Saturn
- 38.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
- 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
- 40.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
Answer key
- False
- Jupiter
- Earth
- True
- 1
- a star
- the Sun
- 8
- 6
- an astronaut
- 365
- the Sun
- 5
- True
- 2
- False
- is famous for its rings
- False
- False
- 1
- Uranus
- a moon
- it reflects sunlight
- the Pole Star
- True
- the Moon
- True
- Titan
- a planet
- False
- Saturn
- Ganymede
- a moon
- Mercury
- True
- True
- Neptune
- Venus
- 8
- a planet
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