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Solar System Review for grade 5
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What is found between Mars and Jupiter?
stars
comets
asteroids
dwarf planets
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Why do the stars look like tiny points of light?
Other galaxies absorb star light.
They are moving at the speed of light.
Space blocks most of their light.
The stars are located very far from Earth.
3
Which of the planets has a large, solid core?
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Mercury
4
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is what season in the Southern Hemisphere?
summer
spring
winter
fall
5
What is caused by the Earth's rotation?
day and night
tides
eclipse
seasons
6
What takes approximately 27 days to move around Earth?
the sun
comet
meteor
the moon
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What has no atmosphere?
the sun
both the sun and the moon
Earth
the moon
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What is the term for related to the Sun?
lunar
area
solar
width
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what characteristic do the four inner planets share?
inhospitable planets
habitable planets
rocky, solid surfaces
gas giants
10
What do all four outer planets have in common?
largest diameters in the solar system
surfaces of frozen rock and ice
cores of liquid metal and rock
evidence of life
11
The moon is what fraction of the Earth's size?
1/2
1/4
1/3
1
12
How do you feel about the upcoming test?
confident
crazy
nervous
worried
13
What is Pluto considered?
planet
dwarf planet
comet
meteor
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Why do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres never experience the same season at the same time?
Because the Southern Hemisphere always tilts toward the Sun.
Seasons are longer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Because of Earth's tilt.
Seasons are shorter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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What is an orbit?
turning of a planet on its axis
the distance of a planet from the sun
path one object takes around another object in space
the speed at which a planet moves
16
Which objects in our solar system do NOT directly revolve around the Sun?
planets
moons
asteroids
comets
17
What is one revolution around the Sun called?
month
week
year
day
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What does a solar system contain?
a star and the planets that orbit it
a star and all the bodies that revolve around it
the planets, moons and asteroids around a star
a group of stars
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Which of these objects is outside of our solar system?
sun
Venus
Sirius
moon
