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