5th Grade Unit 7: The Solar System and the Universe

A meteoride is a chunk of rock traveling through the solar system. How is a meteorite related to a meteoroid?

Pluto was once called a planet. In 2006 it was reclassified. Which one of these best describes Pluto.

Imagine that the moon started rotating faster. Predict the change you would observe if you were looking at it from Earth

A comet is a chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice, and dust. When does a comet form a visible tail?

Which of these characteristics distinguishes the outer planets from the inner planets?

What makes the sun more important to us than the other stars?

What kind of galaxy is shown below?

What is a streak of light was produced by a small chunk of rock passing through Earth's atmosphere.

The picture below shoes a feature known as the Great Dark Spot. Which of these planets is shown in the picture?

Elliptical galaxies are brightest toward the center. Which of these statements best explains this observation?

The diagram is a model of PART of the solar system. Which three types of objects are shown in the model?

A model of the solar system is shown below. Which of these objects would most likely be found between Mars & Jupiter?

What moon phase is this?

Which body is made up of Hydrogen and helium and has an atmosphere of the same substances?

What type of galaxy is shown?

Earth and Saturn are both planets orbiting the sun. Which of these other features do the two planets have in common?

Which body has a structure of rocky layers and an atmosphere of mainly nitrogen and oxygen?

Which of these planets in the solar system most likely has a mass more than 300 times greater than the mass of Earth?

What phase is this?

Each of the images below shows two stars of the same color. Which picture and statement is correct?

What moon phase is this?

What is found between the inner planets and outer planets?

There are two types of spiral galaxies. What is a difference between a barred sprial galaxy and a normal spiral galaxy?

What moon phase is this picture?

The figure below shows the eight planets in our solar system. Which planets consists mostly of solid rock?