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