Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 281 · 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 the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
3. 3.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
4. 4.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a pilot (c) an astronaut (d) a sailor
5. 5.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
6. 6.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
8. 8.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
9. 9.True or false: Jupiter is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) the Pole Star
11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) Titan (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
12. 12.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Mars (c) Ganymede (d) the Moon
13. 13.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
14. 14.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter
15. 15.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
16. 16.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the largest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
18. 18.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
19. 19.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its tail (d) its orbit
20. 20.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Earth
21. 21.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the smallest planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
22. 22.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) Venus (d) the Moon
23. 23.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Titan
24. 24.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
26. 26.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
27. 27.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Mercury (c) Saturn (d) Venus
28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Mars
29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
30. 30.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
31. 31.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
32. 32.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Mars (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
33. 33.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
34. 34.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
36. 36.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
38. 38.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
40. 40.True or false: Neptune is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False

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