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