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