5th Grade Earth and Space Test

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26 questions
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Which is not a layer of the sun?

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Which planet has a rocky surface?

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Which of these planets is most like Earth?

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Which choice below lists the correct order of the planets from the sun?

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What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have in common?

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Which is an object in the solar system that is a frozen mass of ice and dust?

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What kind of technology has allowed people to explore the outer planets?

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Which is true about planets and asteroids?

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Earth and the other planets closest to the sun are made mostly of

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First person to see the 4 moons of Jupiter through his telescope. He also saw the "handles" of Saturn.

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What event on earth are solar flares the most similar to ?

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What evidence helped scientists decide that Pluto should be a dwarf planet?

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_______ is an imaginary line around which a planet spins.
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_______ is a natural object that orbits a planet. Some planets have many of these.
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_______ is one whole spin of an object around its axis.
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Each of the outer planets has rings of particles and many moons orbiting it.

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The outer planets are much larger than the inner planets.

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As Earth rotates, the sun, moon, stars, and planets only seem to rise in the East and set in the West. It is really you that is moving.

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If you can find Polaris in the sky, you can tell which direction is North.

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The number of daylight hours do not change as the seasons change.

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How many hours does it take for Earth to make a complete rotation?

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Which planet is warmer, Mercury or Mars? Explain.

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Why do more asteroids not hit Earth?

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How does Earth's revolution around the sun cause seasons?

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A student says that she saw a shower of shooting stars in the sky last night. Explain what she probably really saw.

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How can you tell the difference between a comet and a star when looking in the sky?