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