Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 800 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.True or false: Mercury is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
3. 3.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
4. 4.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
5. 5.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
6. 6.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
7. 7.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Jupiter (c) Earth (d) Saturn
8. 8.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
9. 9.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
10. 10.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Earth (b) Neptune (c) Venus (d) Mars
11. 11.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
12. 12.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) Sirius (b) the Pole Star (c) the Moon (d) the Sun
13. 13.True or false: Mars is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
15. 15.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Jupiter (c) Saturn (d) Earth
16. 16.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Uranus (d) Earth
17. 17.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a moon (c) a planet
18. 18.True or false: Earth is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Uranus (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Venus
20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
22. 22.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) clouds cover the sky (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) Earth spins on its axis (d) the Sun switches off
23. 23.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a periscope (b) a telescope (c) a stethoscope (d) a microscope
24. 24.🪐 Which planet is farthest from the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Earth
25. 25.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its tail (c) its orbit (d) its axis
26. 26.Which of these is a moon? (a) Mars (b) Titan (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
27. 27.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
28. 28.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Mars (b) Uranus (c) Jupiter (d) Mercury
29. 29.Which of these is a planet? (a) Saturn (b) Phobos (c) Titan (d) Ganymede
30. 30.🌌 Is the Sun a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
31. 31.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) Neptune (d) Uranus
32. 32.Which of these is true of Saturn? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is famous for its rings (c) is the largest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
33. 33.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
36. 36.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 called the red planet
37. 37.True or false: Venus is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the largest planet (b) is closest to the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
39. 39.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
40. 40.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Saturn

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