Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 801 · 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.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
2. 2.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
3. 3.Which of these is a planet? (a) Ganymede (b) Titan (c) Saturn (d) the Sun
4. 4.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
5. 5.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
7. 7.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
8. 8.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Venus
9. 9.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Saturn (c) Phobos (d) the Sun
10. 10.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Uranus
11. 11.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
12. 12.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is called the red planet
13. 13.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
14. 14.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: Saturn is famous for its rings. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: Uranus has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
18. 18.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a diver (b) a sailor (c) a pilot (d) an astronaut
19. 19.True or false: Venus is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
21. 21.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the planet we live on (b) has oceans of water (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is closest to the Sun
22. 22.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
23. 23.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
24. 24.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Saturn (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Uranus
25. 25.True or false: Saturn has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is called the red planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is the largest planet
27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Phobos (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
28. 28.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
29. 29.🌌 Is the Moon a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
30. 30.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) spins tipped on its side (b) is the smallest planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is closest to the Sun
31. 31.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Saturn (c) the Moon (d) Sirius
32. 32.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is closest to the Sun (b) is called the red planet (c) is farthest from the Sun (d) is the hottest planet
33. 33.Which of these is a moon? (a) Ganymede (b) Mars (c) Earth (d) Sirius
34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
35. 35.True or false: Neptune is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Mercury (d) Earth
39. 39.True or false: Mars is the hottest planet. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its axis (b) its shadow (c) its orbit (d) its tail

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