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5th Grade Solar System Final Unit Test
5th Grade Solar System Final Unit Test
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The inner planets are also called
terrestrial planets
because they are very dense and rocky.
True
False
2
Sunspots appear on the surface of the Sun and look dark because of the
solar storms
volcanos
lower temperatures on it
solar flares
3
The Solar System consists of the Sun and
planets, moons, and gases
planets, moons, gases, asteroids, and comets
planets, moons, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust, gases
planets, moons, asteroids, dust, comets, meteors, gases, empty space
4
A satellite is a
natural or man-made object that orbits a planet
natural or man-made object that floats in space
natural object that orbits a star
man-made object that floats in space
5
The inner planets are also called gas giants
True
False
6
The earth is orbited by one moon, many artificial satellites, and debris.
False
True
7
A moon is a natural
planet
star
satellite
8
The inner planets include:
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Pluto
Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Saturn
Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Pluto
9
The outer planets are also called
Gas Giants
Stinky planets
Giant Planets
Gas Rocks
10
The Sun is orbited by eight planets and
thousands of asteroids
trillions of comets and icy bodies
all of these
5 dwarf planets
11
The Sun is made of...
hydrogen and peroxide
helium and oxygen
oxygen and hydrogen
hydrogen and helium
12
The outer planets include:
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Mars
Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Neptune
Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Pluto
13
These are very dense and rocky.
All of these
inner planets
terrestrial planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
14
What is the major source of heat and light for the solar system?
Earth
Comets
The Sun
Stars
15
The Earth formed in just the right place called
Habitable zone or Goldilocks zone
none of the above
Goldilocks zone
Inhabitable zone
16
A small body of ice, rock and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun is called
star
asteroid
comet
planet
17
A
comet gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the Sun.
False
True
18
Everything in the solar system is under the direct influence of _________ gravitational pull.
The Moon's
The Milky Way's
The Sun's
Earth's
19
Meteoroids become meteorites when they strike the surface of a body.
False
True
20
Outer Planets are also called terrestrial planets
False
True
21
What layer of air surrounds the Earth’s surface keeping humans safe from the sun’s rays?
radioactive layer
atmosphere
natural gases
22
Asteroids are too small to be considered planets.
False
True
23
Comets are cosmic
giant rocks the size of a small town
snowballs of frozen gases, rock, dust the size of a small town
snowballs of frozen dust roughly the size of a small town
giant snowballs roughly the size of a small town
24
The outer planets are very large planets that are made mostly of:
water and gases
gases
rocks and sediment
25
Little chunks of rock and debris in space are called
trash
meteoroids
asteroids
comets
26
The planets are classified as:
upper and lower
inner and outer
inner and lower
upper and outer
27
The Sun is a _______ which is a hot ball of ________.
planet, lava
star, gases
planet, gases
star, fire
28
A
small rocky object that orbits the sun, usually in the band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is
asteroid
meteor
star
comet
29
Meteoroids become meteors, or shooting stars, when they fall through a planet’s atmospheres.
False
True
