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