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