Solar System and Planets Worksheet (Grade 3)
Free printable solar system worksheet for Grade 3. Students learn the eight planets in order, the Sun, moons, asteroids and comets, with an answer key.
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Solar System and Planets Worksheet
Our solar system has the Sun, eight planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Read each clue and write the answer.
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- 1.Which planet is famous for its bright, wide rings?
- 2.The path a planet takes around the Sun is called its ___.
- 3.Earth's natural satellite is the ___.
- 4.Which force keeps the planets moving around the Sun?
- 5.A ball of ice and dust that orbits the Sun and grows a glowing tail is a ___.
- 6.We fly up into space in a ___.
- 7.Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
- a) Saturn
- b) Jupiter
- c) Neptune
- 8.The star at the centre of our solar system is the ___.
- 9.How many planets are in our solar system?
- a) seven
- b) eight
- c) nine
- 10.A person who travels into space is called an ___.
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