5th Grade - Topic 6 Test - Solar System

_______ are chunks of ice and dust or rock that have stretched-out orbits around the sun.

• asteroids

• comets

• star

• outer planets

A ____ is a huge ball of very hot matter that gives off energy

• star

• sun

• asteroid

• comet

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are called ________ because they are farthest from the sun.

• moons

• inner planets

• asteroids

• outer planets

A _____ is a satellite made of rock and ice that orbits a planet

• moon

• sun

• comet

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

________ means "the way something looks"

• characteristics

• apparent

• evident

• obvious

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-2

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are called ________.

• planets

• inner planets

• solar system

• outer planets

_______ are chunks of rock that measure in size from a meter to several kilometers in diameter.

• asteroids

• comets

• rockets

• stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Our _______ is a system of eight planets and the sun, along with moons, asteroids, and comets

• orbit

• star

• solar system

• space system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The curved path of an object around a star, planet, or a moon is called an ______.

• circulation

• orbit

• pathway

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The outer planets have different ________, or qualities from the inner planets

• similarities

• features

• characteristics

• differences