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