Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 268 · 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.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
2. 2.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
3. 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
4. 4.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) a sailor (d) an astronaut
5. 5.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Titan (c) Earth (d) the Pole Star
6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
7. 7.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
9. 9.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
10. 10.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the largest planet
11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
12. 12.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Saturn
14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede
15. 15.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) has oceans of water
16. 16.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) Sirius (d) the Sun
17. 17.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
18. 18.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Neptune
20. 20.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a telescope (c) a microscope (d) a periscope
21. 21.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
23. 23.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
24. 24.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
25. 25.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
26. 26.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its axis (d) its orbit
27. 27.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
28. 28.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) clouds cover the sky (c) the Sun switches off (d) Earth spins on its axis
29. 29.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Mars (c) Titan (d) Venus
30. 30.True or false: Jupiter spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is closest to the Sun (c) has oceans of water (d) is the hottest planet
32. 32.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Sirius (d) Mars
34. 34.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
35. 35.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Sun (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
37. 37.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
38. 38.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Pole Star (c) Phobos (d) Jupiter
39. 39.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
40. 40.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?

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