SOLAR SYSTEM YEAR 3

_{SOLAR SYSTEM YEAR 3}

_{Mr. Ahmad - Methodist Primary School}

Read all the text in the next slides

Good luck!

Our Solar System

There are eight planets in our solar system:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The sun is at the centre of our solar system. It is a star and all planets go around it.

Earth is the planet people live on. Mercury is the planet closest to the sun. It's also the smallest planet. Mercury is very hot, but the hottest planet is Venus.

Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the coldest planets. Neptune is also the farthest planet from the sun. Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are very big, but Jupiter is the biggest planet of all.

Answer all the questions in the next slides. Good luck!

Multiple Choice

How many planets are there in our Solar System?

• eight

• six

• seven

• five

Multiple Choice

All the planets go around the ______________

• Sun

• Venus

• Earth

• solar system

Multiple Choice

The Sun is in the _________ of the Solar System.

• centre

• side

• around

• back

Multiple Choice

Mercury is...

• the furthest planet to the Sun

• the biggest planet

• the closest planet to the Sun

• the coldest planet

Multiple Choice

The Sun is a..

• star

• moon

• Earth

• Solar System

Multiple Choice

The hottest planet in our Solar System is..

• Uranus

• Venus

• Mars

• Earth

Multiple Choice

The coldest planet in our Solar System is..

• The Sun

• Mars

• Neptune

• Uranus

Multiple Choice

The smallest planet in our Solar System is..

• Earth

• Uranus

• Mercury

• Venus

Multiple Choice

Neptune is..

• the closest planet to the Sun

• the furthest planet from the Sun

• the smallest planet

• the biggest planet

Multiple Choice

Which is the biggest planet?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Mercury

Open Ended

What is your favourite planet? Why?

Thank you for completing the task

Be safe at home!

Greetings, Mr. Ahmad