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