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