Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 858 · 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.🌍 How many moons does Earth have?
2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Venus?
3. 3.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its orbit (b) its tail (c) its axis (d) its shadow
4. 4.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
5. 5.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) Earth spins on its axis (b) the Moon hides the Sun (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Sun switches off
6. 6.True or false: Jupiter is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a moon? (a) Sirius (b) the Moon (c) Venus (d) Saturn
8. 8.🪐 Which planet is called the red planet? (a) Mercury (b) Jupiter (c) Mars (d) Venus
9. 9.🌌 Is Sirius a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
10. 10.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is called the red planet (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the largest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the largest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Uranus
12. 12.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
13. 13.🌌 Is Venus a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
14. 14.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) the Moon (c) Ganymede (d) Venus
15. 15.🌌 Is Phobos a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
16. 16.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Mars (b) Mercury (c) Jupiter (d) Earth
17. 17.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
18. 18.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) an astronaut (b) a sailor (c) a diver (d) a pilot
19. 19.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Sun (b) the Pole Star (c) Sirius (d) the Moon
20. 20.Which of these is true of Uranus? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is closest to the Sun (d) spins tipped on its side
21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
22. 22.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
23. 23.🌕 Why does the Moon shine at night? (a) it makes its own light (b) it reflects sunlight (c) it is on fire (d) it has lamps
24. 24.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
25. 25.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Uranus (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
26. 26.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Earth?
28. 28.Which of these is a star? (a) Sirius (b) Ganymede (c) Earth (d) Saturn
29. 29.True or false: Venus has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
31. 31.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is the planet we live on (c) is the largest planet (d) is the smallest planet
32. 32.True or false: Earth has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars (d) Mercury
34. 34.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
35. 35.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Pole Star (b) Earth (c) Phobos (d) the Moon
36. 36.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the largest planet (b) has oceans of water (c) is the planet we live on (d) is the hottest planet
37. 37.True or false: Mercury spins tipped on its side. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Titan (c) Jupiter (d) Mars
39. 39.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
40. 40.True or false: Neptune is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False

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