Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 377 · 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.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
2. 2.Which of these is a moon? (a) Venus (b) the Moon (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
3. 3.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
5. 5.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
7. 7.True or false: Jupiter is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
9. 9.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
10. 10.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Mars
11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
12. 12.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
13. 13.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it makes its own light (d) it is on fire
14. 14.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
15. 15.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
16. 16.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Saturn (d) Earth
17. 17.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
19. 19.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: Saturn is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
22. 22.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is famous for its rings
23. 23.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
24. 24.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the hottest planet
25. 25.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
26. 26.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
27. 27.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Earth (c) the Pole Star (d) Ganymede
28. 28.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) the Pole Star
29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) the Moon (d) Saturn
30. 30.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
31. 31.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mercury (b) Saturn (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
32. 32.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its shadow (c) its tail (d) its axis
33. 33.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
34. 34.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: Earth is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: Mars is famous for its rings. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
38. 38.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
39. 39.True or false: Mars has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?

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