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 planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Neptune (d) Earth
- 2.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Saturn (d) Mercury
- 3.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 4.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
- 5.Which of these is a star? (a) Ganymede (b) the Moon (c) Titan (d) the Sun
- 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 7.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
- 8.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
- 9.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
- 10.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
- 11.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 12.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
- 13.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 14.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the planet we live on
- 15.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Titan
- 16.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
- 17.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Saturn (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
- 18.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is farthest from the Sun
- 19.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Sun switches off
- 20.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the largest planet (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
- 21.True or false: Jupiter is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 23.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it has lamps (c) it is on fire (d) it reflects sunlight
- 24.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is called the red planet (d) is closest to the Sun
- 25.True or false: Saturn spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
- 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
- 28.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is famous for its rings (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is the planet we live on
- 29.True or false: Mercury is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Saturn (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Mars
- 31.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 32.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 33.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
- 34.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Sirius (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn
- 35.Which of these is a star? (a) Titan (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
- 36.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
- 37.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 38.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 39.True or false: Venus has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
- 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
Answer key
- Earth
- Mars
- a star
- is the hottest planet
- the Sun
- 2
- a planet
- 8
- 365
- Saturn
- 1
- Venus
- a planet
- is farthest from the Sun
- the Pole Star
- Earth
- Mercury
- is the largest planet
- Earth spins on its axis
- is the planet we live on
- False
- Jupiter
- it reflects sunlight
- is called the red planet
- False
- spins tipped on its side
- Saturn
- is famous for its rings
- False
- Uranus
- a planet
- a moon
- True
- Titan
- Sirius
- the Sun
- a planet
- a moon
- False
- 1
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