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) Phobos (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) Earth
- 2.True or false: Neptune is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
- 3.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
- 4.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
- 5.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
- 6.True or false: Uranus is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
- 8.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 9.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Titan (c) the Sun (d) Jupiter
- 10.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Mercury
- 11.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Mars
- 12.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
- 13.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is called the red planet (d) is the hottest planet
- 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
- 15.Which of these is a moon? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
- 16.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Venus (d) Earth
- 17.Which of these is a planet? (a) Sirius (b) Phobos (c) Titan (d) Venus
- 18.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
- 19.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Neptune (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
- 21.👩🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) a sailor (c) an astronaut (d) a diver
- 22.True or false: Mars is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
- 23.Which of these is a star? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) the Sun (d) Titan
- 24.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Neptune (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
- 25.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
- 26.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the largest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) spins tipped on its side
- 27.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
- 28.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
- 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Titan (b) the Sun (c) Saturn (d) the Pole Star
- 30.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
- 31.Which of these is a star? (a) the Moon (b) Phobos (c) the Pole Star (d) Earth
- 32.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
- 33.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) has oceans of water (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is famous for its rings
- 34.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its orbit (d) its tail
- 35.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
- 36.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the planet we live on (d) is called the red planet
- 37.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
- 38.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
- 39.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Ganymede (c) the Sun (d) Mars
- 40.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it is on fire (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it has lamps (d) it makes its own light
Answer key
- Earth
- False
- 7
- 365
- 8
- False
- 2
- a planet
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Mars
- 24
- is called the red planet
- 5
- the Moon
- Venus
- Venus
- a moon
- False
- Neptune
- an astronaut
- False
- the Sun
- Earth
- a moon
- spins tipped on its side
- 1
- is the hottest planet
- Saturn
- a star
- the Pole Star
- a moon
- is closest to the Sun
- its orbit
- a planet
- is farthest from the Sun
- 3
- True
- Mars
- it reflects sunlight
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