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The Solar System
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A quick quiz for students in 5th grade testing their knowledge on the Solar System.
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What planet is this?
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
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What planet is this?
Mars
Saturn
Earth
Mercury
3
What year did the first man walk on the moon?
1950
1975
2001
1969
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NASA plans to explore Mars using?
A space probe
They don't plan to explore Mars
Rovers, airplanes, and balloons
Astronauts
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What is a space probe?
A type of telescope used to view objects in the solar system
A tool used to check the temperature of planets
Vehicle carrying instruments from Earth to explore space
A communication device used between astronauts
6
What planet is this?
Uranus
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
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What are the classifying characteristics of a star?
Brightness, Temperature, Size, Color, and Composition
None of the above
Shape, Light, Glow, Distance from Sun, and Name
Crater, Orbit, and Distance from the Sun
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What are the inner planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn
Uranus, Neptune, Mercury, and Mars
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Which is the correct order of the planets according to their distance from the Sun?
Neptune Uranus Saturn Jupiter Mars Earth Venus Mercury
Venus Earth Mars Mercury Saturn Neptune Uranus Jupiter
Mercury Venus Mars Earth Jupiter Uranus Neptune Saturn
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
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What are the outer planets made of?
Rock
Gas
Dust
Metal
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What tool do astronomers use to classify stars?
HR Diagram
X-Ray
Telescope
Microscope
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What planets are the outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Neptune
Venus, Uranus, Mars, and Jupiter
Mars, Mercury, Earth, and Venus
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What two statements about an asteroid are true?
Travel 45 mph; are bright in color
Huge in size; Selling/Buying of them is illegal.
Made of ice/rocky material; are located past outer planets
Made of rock and metal; Some asteroids are blown out comets.
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What is the purpose of telescopes in space?
To see into space while avoiding Earth's atmosphere
To determine the amount of distance there is between planets
To interact with other life forms on different planets
To see what the inside of a planet looks like
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What two statements about comets are true?
Made of space debris, hits Earth's surface once every year
Black in color; spherical shape
Harmful to surrounding planets, made of rock and metal
"Dirty Snowballs"; travel elliptical paths like planets
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What planet is this?
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
17
What planet is this?
Jupiter
Venus
Uranus
Saturn
18
What planet is this?
Uranus
Saturn
Mercury
Neptune
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What do asteroids, comets, and meteoroids are in common?
Square in shape and located by the oort cloud
Are colorful and are comparable in size to planets
None of the above
Made of rocky/dusty material and orbit the sun
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What two statements about a meteoroid are true?
Space debris; coming to Earth at 130,000 mph
called "Dirty Snowballs"; small in size
Never hits Earth's atmosphere; Huge in size
Have tails; colorful
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Which planet is this?
Not a planet
Venus
Mars
Mercury
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What planet is this?
Earth
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
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What are inner planets made of?
Gas
Lava
Dust
Rock
