5th Grade Assessments & Review List
Astronomy - Planet Matching Exercise
Use your Science book or the Internet to solve the following matching exercise.
Match the items on the right to the items on the left. Click on the drop down arrow to see the possible descriptions.
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Mercury
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It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Venus
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It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Earth
???
It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Mars
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It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Jupiter
???
It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Saturn
???
It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Uranus
???
It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Neptune
???
It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
Pluto
???
It takes 84 Earth-years to orbit the Sun.
Made up of frozen gases with lesser amounts of rock materiuals.
Has the right temperatures and resources for life.
Rotates 3 times on its axis for every 2 revolutions around the Sun.
Has a giant red spot - a storm that has lasted over 300 years.
Rotates backwards.
Less dense than water.
Its day is only 16 hours long, and winds whip around it at 1,250 miles per hour.
Has two moons, Photos and Deimos.
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5th Grade Assessments & Review List