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