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Science revision for yr 5 test.
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1
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Pluto
Mars
Venus
Mercury
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Which planets can be seen with the naked eye from Earth?
All except Uranus and Neptune
Only Mars and Venus
Jupiter and Venus
All of them
3
What is a meteorite?
A type of comet
A star
A planet
A meteoroid that has survived entry into Earth's atmosphere
4
Which planet was named after the God of Agriculture and Harvest?
Neptune
Saturn
Earth
Venus
5
When did Edwin Hubble observe other galaxies outside the Milky Way Galaxy?
1560
1990
1480
1922/1923
6
Which time period did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders use astronomy?
Modern World
last week
Early Modern World
Ancient World
7
If Earth is 150million km from the sun, which planet must be 228million km from the sun?
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Earth
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Where is the Kuiper Belt?
Near Saturn
In between Mars and Jupiter
Next to Mars
It is a disc shaped area in the outer Solar System
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What year was the Hubble telescope built ?
1923
1990
1978
1922
10
Which planet has an orbit time of 365 and a quarter days?
Mars
Neptune
Queensland
Earth
11
What is the name of the largest asteroid in our Solar System?
Ceres
Makemake
Pluto
Kuiper
12
English physicist Isaac Newton ...
proved that the Earth is round
landed on the moon in 1969
discovered gravity in 1687
invented jelly
13
If the Sun did not exist...
everything would be fine... :s
Our Solar System would collapse
We would freeze to death
Plants would continue to grow
14
What is a natural body that orbits a planet?
Earth
The Sun
Comet
Moon
15
Which planets have an orbit period of longer than 32 years?
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
16
A star is ....
Space Junk
A ball of gas in space that gives off light.
A mars bar
A freezing planet
17
Aristotle described that the Earth is the....
smallest planet in the Solar System
big
centre of the universe and is surrounded by planets/stars
green and blue
18
Which of the answers does the Sun provide us with?
traffic lights
Warmth, Gravity and Clean Energy
Tides
Natural Source of light
19
Eratosthenes proved...
that the Earth is round
gravity exists
that we are a part of the Milky Way galaxy
that Mars is actually a chocolate
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The Hubble telescope....
is as big as a small car
was launched in 1990
was invented by Neil Armstrong
takes pictures of other stars and galaxies