Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 478 · 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.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) Venus (c) the Pole Star (d) Phobos
4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) Titan
5. 5.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Venus
6. 6.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
7. 7.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
8. 8.True or false: Neptune is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Jupiter (d) Phobos
10. 10.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
11. 11.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Moon
12. 12.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
13. 13.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Uranus (b) Mars (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
14. 14.Which of these is a star? (a) Phobos (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
15. 15.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) Phobos (d) Mars
16. 16.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a pilot
17. 17.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
19. 19.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Titan (c) Venus (d) Sirius
20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
21. 21.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the smallest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is farthest from the Sun
22. 22.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
23. 23.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its tail (b) its shadow (c) its orbit (d) its axis
24. 24.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
25. 25.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
26. 26.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Jupiter
27. 27.True or false: Saturn is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
29. 29.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
30. 30.Which of these is a planet? (a) Earth (b) the Moon (c) the Sun (d) Phobos
31. 31.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the largest planet
32. 32.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) spins tipped on its side (d) is called the red planet
34. 34.True or false: Jupiter has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
36. 36.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Earth (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Neptune
37. 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
38. 38.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it has lamps (b) it makes its own light (c) it reflects sunlight (d) it is on fire
39. 39.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
40. 40.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a telescope (c) a microscope (d) a stethoscope

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