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Solar System Unit Review
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5th grade common core review
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1
Two things affect how gravity works and how strong it is. What are those two things.
gravity and mass
distance and mass
distance and gravity
distance and color
2
Which planet had the "Big Red Spot"?
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
3
If your shadow is at its shortest, which season are you in?
fall
winter
summer
spring
4
The sun is made up of what?
gaseous layers with no core.
rocky layers
gaseous layers
solid metal
5
Which planet seems to rotate on its side?
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
6
Galaxy that is made up of older stars.
spiral
irregular
barred
elliptical
7
A person that studies the stars?
astrologist
astrophysicist
astronaut
astronomer
8
Our solar system is in the milky way galaxy. What type of galaxy is it?
barred
irregular
spiral
normal
9
Which planet is the windiest planet?
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
10
Stars are formed by??
gravity and mass
rocks colliding
gas and pressure
pressure and gravity
11
Problems that observatories have looking at stars and the solar system?
broken equipment
weather conditions
space junk
too far away
12
Comets and their tails orbit the sun. Which way does their tail face?
Against the wind
Always pointed away from the sun
Always behind the head of the comet
Ahead of it
13
Why does it appear that the stars rotate when you look at them in the night sky?
because they are moving
because the Earth rotates on an axis
because they are too far away
because they are not real
14
What color of star is the hottest?"
purple
blue
yellow
red
15
Venus is super hot because???
there is no atmosphere
the atmosphere traps in the heat of the sun
It doesn't rotate
its closer to the sun
16
Telescope that is in Earth's Atmosphere.
kobie
kibble
halle bopp
hubble
17
How many planets are in the milky way galaxy?
7
9
6
8
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A piece of an asteroid that is floating in space.
meteoroid
comet
meteorite
meteor
19
Piece of asteroid that has struck the Earth's surface.
comet
meteoroid
meteorite
meteor
20
Two galaxies crashing together, creates this type of galaxy?
barred
spiral
elliptical
irregular
21
Galaxies that tend to form new stars?
regular
barred
irregular
spiral
22
Night and Day are caused by what?
revolution
orbit
rotation
gravity
23
If the Earth is tilted towards the sun. What season is the southern hemisphere having?
fall
spring
summer
winter
24
The Earth ____________________ around the sun.
orbits
twists
spins
rotates
25
Gas Giants make up the outer planets. They do not have what characteristics?
no atmosphere, large core, solid surface
thin atmosphere, small core, solid surface
thin atmosphere, no surface, small core
no atmosphere, rocky surface, large core
26
What are inner planet characteristics?
smaller, rocky, longer revolutions
larger, rocky, shorter revolution
smaller, rocky, warmer, shorter revolutions
larger, gaseous, shorter revolutions
27
When the northern hemisphere is having summer, Alaska is having what?
more day than night
endless day
endless night
more night than day
28
What are galaxies made up of?
billions of stars
one star
millions of stars
10 stars
29
The moon is about how much smaller than the Earth?
1/2
1/4
1/3
2/3
30
Mars has extreme temperatures during the day and night, why?
it does not rotate
It has a very slow rotation
it is closer to the sun
it has a fast rotation
31
Characteristic of an outer planet.
warmer
shorter revolutions
smaller
all have rings
32
What is the force that keeps all the planets and other objects in our solar system in place?
motion
rotation
orbit
gravity
33
The moon is similar to the Earth because?
has a breathable atmosphere
they both orbit the sun
contains life
it is composed of similar materials
34
Which planet has the most rings?
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
35
If your shadow is getting bigger, what season are you in?
winter
fall
spring
summer
