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