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