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