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