5th Grade Astronomy

Quiz

The ___________________ is the Sun and the objects that are traveling around it.
Check the objects that can be found in our solar system:
1. Multiple stars
2. planets
3. constellations
4. moons
5. asteroids
How many planets do we know of that orbit the sun?
The force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun is:
A moving object has the tendancy to keep moving in a straight line. We call this property:
Check which planets are the inner planets:
1. Earth
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Mercury
5. Neptune
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Venus
Small rocky objects that are found in a belt between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called:
1. meteors
2. meteorites
3. asteroids
4. comets
Our Sun is one of billions of stars in a galaxy called the:
Planets travel aound the Sun in a path called an ____________.
Planets that are located beyond the asteroid belt are called:
1. inner planets
2. outer planets
3. cold planets
Which of the following cannot be found on the moon?
1. rocks
2. water
3. air
4. minerals
Which planet is about the same size (same radius) as the Earth?
1. Mercury
2. Mars
3. Venus
4. Saturn
Which planet is farthest from the Earth?
1. Mercury
2. Uranus
3. Neptune
4. Pluto
There is a full moon when:
1. the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun.
2. the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun.
Planets ____________ around the Sun in a path called an orbit.
The Sun is a star.
1. True
2. False
Planets ___________ about an imaginary pole (axis) through them.
We call the amount of time it takes a planet to make one full rotation about its axis a __________ .
The amount of light and warmth a planet receives per square meter depends on:
1. how big the planet is.
2. how fast the planet is spinning.
3. how far the planet is from the Sun.
4. how long the planet takes to revolve arouond the Sun.
The patterns that stars appear to grouped in up in the sky are called:
The planet that is closest to the sun is:
1. Venus
2. Mercury
3. Mars
4. Uranus
The gravitational force between two objects is dependent on (check all that apply):
1. The masses of the two objects.
2. The speed that the objects are traveling.
3. The distance between the two objects.
4. The temperature of the larger object.
The length of one day on Earth is:
1. 12 hours
2. 24 hours
3. 365 hours
4. 30 hours
During a New Moon, the Moon appears:
1. totally lit up
2. dark
3. like a half moon
4. like a quarter moon.
It takes how many (Earth) days for the Earth to travel around the Sun?
1. 360
2. 365.25
3. 30
4. 7
The only inner planet known to support life is the planet:
All of the inner planets are made from the same materials.
1. True
2. False
Comets consist of (check all that apply):
1. molten metals
2. ice
3. water vapor
4. rock
5. dust
Space rocks that do not burn up in our atmosphere and reach the ground are called:
Which planets are known as 'gas giants'?
1. Mercury
2. Jupiter
3. Uranus
4. Mars
5. Saturn
6. Neptune