Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 605 · 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.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its orbit
2. 2.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) Saturn (c) Titan (d) Earth
3. 3.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Jupiter
5. 5.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
6. 6.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Venus (c) Saturn (d) Jupiter
7. 7.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Neptune
8. 8.True or false: Mercury is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
10. 10.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
11. 11.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
12. 12.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a diver (d) a sailor
13. 13.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
15. 15.Which of these is a star? (a) Mars (b) Phobos (c) Ganymede (d) the Sun
16. 16.Which of these is a planet? (a) Venus (b) the Sun (c) Titan (d) Phobos
17. 17.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) Mars
18. 18.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
19. 19.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
21. 21.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) the Moon
22. 22.True or false: Uranus is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
24. 24.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
25. 25.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) the Moon (d) Earth
26. 26.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) spins tipped on its side
27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
28. 28.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
29. 29.True or false: Venus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
31. 31.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
32. 32.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Neptune (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
33. 33.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
34. 34.True or false: Mars is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune
36. 36.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) the Sun (c) Sirius (d) the Pole Star
37. 37.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the planet we live on (d) is farthest from the Sun
38. 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) the Pole Star (c) the Sun (d) Phobos
39. 39.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
40. 40.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is the planet we live on (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side

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