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