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