Class 3 GK Worksheet: Our Solar System

GK lesson 13: Our solar system · Set 993 · 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.📅 About how many days does Earth take to go once round the Sun?
2. 2.🔭 What do we use to see faraway stars and planets clearly? (a) a stethoscope (b) a microscope (c) a periscope (d) a telescope
3. 3.True or false: Mars is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a star? (a) the Pole Star (b) Saturn (c) Venus (d) the Moon
5. 5.Which of these is true of Earth? (a) is the planet we live on (b) is the hottest planet (c) is closest to the Sun (d) is called the red planet
6. 6.🪐 How many planets go round the Sun?
7. 7.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mercury?
8. 8.True or false: Jupiter is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: Neptune spins tipped on its side. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🪐 Which planet is the planet we live on? (a) Venus (b) Earth (c) Uranus (d) Mercury
11. 11.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Venus (c) Sirius (d) Titan
12. 12.🌓 Why do we have day and night? (a) the Moon hides the Sun (b) the Sun switches off (c) clouds cover the sky (d) Earth spins on its axis
13. 13.True or false: Mercury is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: Saturn is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a moon? (a) the Pole Star (b) Phobos (c) Saturn (d) Venus
16. 16.True or false: Venus is the largest planet. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: Venus is the hottest planet. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: Mercury is the smallest planet. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🪐 Which planet is the hottest planet? (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mercury (d) Venus
20. 20.🪐 Which planet is famous for its rings? (a) Venus (b) Saturn (c) Earth (d) Jupiter
21. 21.True or false: Jupiter is closest to the Sun. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🪐 Which planet is closest to the Sun? (a) Jupiter (b) Earth (c) Mars (d) Mercury
23. 23.🌌 Is the Pole Star a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a star (c) a moon
24. 24.Which of these is true of Mercury? (a) is the smallest planet (b) is farthest from the Sun (c) is the hottest planet (d) is the planet we live on
25. 25.Which of these is true of Venus? (a) has oceans of water (b) is the hottest planet (c) is the smallest planet (d) is the largest planet
26. 26.🪐 Which planet has oceans of water? (a) Mercury (b) Uranus (c) Mars (d) Earth
27. 27.Which of these is a planet? (a) the Moon (b) the Pole Star (c) Saturn (d) Titan
28. 28.☀️ Counting from the Sun, what number planet is Mars?
29. 29.🪐 Which planet is the smallest planet? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mercury (d) Jupiter
30. 30.True or false: Uranus is the largest planet. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is true of Jupiter? (a) is farthest from the Sun (b) is the smallest planet (c) is famous for its rings (d) is the largest planet
32. 32.True or false: Mars is farthest from the Sun. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: Uranus has oceans of water. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🕐 About how many hours does Earth take to spin round once?
35. 35.🌌 Is Ganymede a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
36. 36.🌌 Is Mars a star, a planet or a moon? (a) a planet (b) a moon (c) a star
37. 37.True or false: Earth is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⭐ Which is the star nearest to the Earth? (a) the Moon (b) Sirius (c) the Pole Star (d) the Sun
39. 39.True or false: Neptune is called the red planet. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: Uranus is the planet we live on. (a) True (b) False

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