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