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