5th Grade Earth and Space Test Version 2

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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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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 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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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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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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Which is not a layer of the sun?

Which planet has a rocky surface?

Which of these planets is most like Earth?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The outer planets are much larger than the inner planets.

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.

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

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

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

Which planet is warmer, Mercury or Mars? Explain.

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

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