Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 329 · 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 Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
2. 2.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Titan (d) Earth
4. 4.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
5. 5.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) has oceans of water
6. 6.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: Mars is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
9. 9.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
10. 10.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Neptune (d) Earth
11. 11.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
13. 13.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Earth
14. 14.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) the Sun
15. 15.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it is on fire (c) it has lamps (d) it reflects sunlight
16. 16.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) has oceans of water
17. 17.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
18. 18.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
19. 19.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
20. 20.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
21. 21.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Sirius (d) Jupiter
22. 22.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Phobos
24. 24.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is called the red planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
25. 25.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) spins tipped on its side (d) has oceans of water
26. 26.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
27. 27.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) Ganymede (d) the Pole Star
29. 29.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Jupiter (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Venus
30. 30.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a microscope (c) a stethoscope (d) a telescope
31. 31.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
32. 32.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its orbit (d) its tail
33. 33.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
34. 34.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
36. 36.True or false: Mercury is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: Venus is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) Mars (d) Phobos

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