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Domain 7: Astronomy Our Solar System and Beyond
Domain 7: Astronomy Our Solar System and Beyond
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CKLA Grade 3 Domain 7 Assessment review
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What did Nicolaus Copernicus discover?
The sun orbits around Earth
The sun is the center of our universe
Jupiter is a rocky planet
Neptune has rings
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Who is Mae Jemison?
First person to walk on the moon
First African American female to go to space
Russian scientist
Polish astronomer
3
What is the name of our galaxy?
Asteroid belt
Milky Way
Andromeda
Solar System
4
During the solar eclipse, the moon moves between the sun and Earth and
blocks Earth's light from reaching the sun
blocks the sun's light from reaching the moon
blocks the sun's light from reaching Earth
None of the above
5
Stars are
hot, near, and made of gas
hot, distant, and made of gas
cold, distant, and made of gas
hot, distant, and made of liquid
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Second planet from the sun
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Neptune
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What is the Big Bang Theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus's idea about how the earth rotated
The first time we went to the moon
Explains why the sun is a star
Explains how the universe was created
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What is the Big Bang Theory?
a theory about how the universe came to be
a theory that about a very loud banging noise & then there was the universe
created because people didn't like the other theories about the universe
an old theory about the universe
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Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
Astronaut
First African American on the moon
Professor
Polish astronomer
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Sixth planet from the sun
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
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What is another name for the North Star?
the Big Dipper
Polaris
Ceres
Sirius
12
I am a picture that a group of stars appears to make in the night sky. What am I?
a sun
a constellation
a galaxy
a planet
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Where is the asteroid belt located?
between the sun and Mercury
between Mars and Jupiter
in the same orbit as Pluto
between Jupiter and Saturn.
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Why do the seasons change?
The sun is tilted
Earth is slightly tilted as it travels around the sun
Earth moves closer to the sun in its orbit
The sun gets hotter
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Which is
NOT
true of gravity?
It is a force
Stronger if objects are farther away from each other
It keeps oxygen on Earth
It keeps objects in orbit around the sun
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What is another name for a journey with a purpose, perhaps to the moon or Jupiter or even across town?
an exploration
a journey
a mission
an adventure
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Third planet from the sun
Asteroid Belt
Earth
Mars
Venus
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What is a theory?
a hypothesis
explains why something happens as it does
an idea or explanation that people have for how something came to be
evidence of a hypothesis
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Which color star is the hottest?
red
yellow
white
blue
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Why was the Apollo 11 mission important?
The Hubble Telescope launched
The first African American female went to space
The first-time people walked on the moon
First time Americans went to space
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I orbit a planet. I can be natural, like the moon, or made by humans. What am I?
a satellite
a moon
a comet
a telescope
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Eighth planet from the sun
Venus
Neptune
Earth
Mars
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I am far from the sun and have been reclassified because of new scientific evidence.
Pluto
the moon
Ceres
asteroids
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How do scientists study space?
Observation
Experiments
All of the above
Telescopes
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Seventh planet from the sun
Earth
Jupiter
Uranus
Pluto
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Which are objects found in our Solar System?
meteoroids
comets
asteroids
all of the above
27
First planet from the sun
Mars
Mercury
Earth
Venus
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Fifth planet from the Sun
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Pluto
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Who improved upon the telescope and discovered the four moons nearest to Jupiter?
Neil Armstrong
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mae Jemison
Galileo
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Fourth planet from the sun
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
