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