Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 965 · 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.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) Neptune
2. 2.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Uranus?
3. 3.🌌 Is Titan a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a planet (c) a star
4. 4.Which of these is true of Mars? (a) is the hottest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is called the red planet (d) spins tipped on its side
5. 5.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
6. 6.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Neptune?
7. 7.True or false: Earth is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: Uranus spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🌌 Is Saturn a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
10. 10.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mercury (d) Saturn
12. 12.Which of these is a moon? (a) Earth (b) Ganymede (c) the Pole Star (d) Sirius
13. 13.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Neptune (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Uranus
14. 14.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Jupiter?
15. 15.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is called the red planet (c) is the hottest planet (d) is famous for its rings
16. 16.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Sun switches off (b) Earth spins on its axis (c) clouds cover the sky (d) the Moon hides the Sun
17. 17.Which of these is true of Neptune? (a) is the planet we live on (b) has oceans of water (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is farthest from the Sun
18. 18.🛰️ What is the path of a planet round the Sun called? (a) its shadow (b) its axis (c) its tail (d) its orbit
19. 19.🌌 Is Jupiter a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a star (b) a planet (c) a moon
20. 20.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
21. 21.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Saturn?
22. 22.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
23. 23.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🌌 Is Earth a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
25. 25.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Venus (c) Neptune (d) Mercury
26. 26.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Pole Star (b) Sirius (c) the Sun (d) the Moon
27. 27.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Neptune (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Saturn
28. 28.True or false: Neptune has oceans of water. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a moon (b) a star (c) a planet
30. 30.👩‍🚀 What do we call a person trained to travel into space? (a) a pilot (b) an astronaut (c) a sailor (d) a diver
31. 31.🪐 Which planet spins tipped on its side? (a) Venus (b) Mars (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
32. 32.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
33. 33.True or false: Uranus is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
35. 35.True or false: Venus is farthest from the Sun. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a moon? (a) Titan (b) Saturn (c) the Pole Star (d) Mars
37. 37.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is the largest planet (b) spins tipped on its side (c) is the hottest planet (d) is farthest from the Sun
38. 38.True or false: Neptune is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a planet? (a) Phobos (b) Jupiter (c) Sirius (d) Ganymede

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