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