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