Grade 3 - Science - Quarter 1

Which star is closest to Earth?

• Venus

• the Big Dipper

• the Sun

• the North Star

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From Earth stars seem like points of light in the sky because...

• They are so CLOSE to Earth

• They are so FAR from Earth

• They are so DIM

• They only light up at night

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Suzy and Ryan wanted to take a closer look at the stars at night. Which TOOL should they use?

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The sun provides the Earth with two sources of energy:

light and ...?

• sound

• heat

• wind

• mechanical

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Jose throws a ball across a field. What force other than the push of Jose’s hand is acting on the ball?

• magnetism

• velocity

• gravity

• electricity

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Janisse was throwing her baseball in her backyard.

Which picture show what will eventually happen to the ball?

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Alyssa visited NASA space station in Florida and saw a video of a rocket taking off into space. To get away from the Earth, a rocket needs it powerful engines to?

• to push against gravity

• to push with gravity

• to eliminate gravity

• a big piece of string to pull it

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While watching a sunset, Giselle's father explained to her that the Sun is actually a star. Giselle was surprised by this because she thought that stars were tiny dots of light in the night sky.

Which of the following explains why the Sun seems so much larger and brighter than other stars?

• The other stars are farther away from Earth.

• The Sun is not actually a star; it is a galaxy.

• The other stars are made of very different materials.

• The Sun is the largest star in the Milky Way Galaxy.

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Arianna’s went outside to look at the stars with her telescope. She looked at the stars with and without the telescope and noticed that there was a difference.

When she used the telescope she saw ...

• More stars than looking with just her eye

• Less stars than looking with just her eye

• The same amount of stars

• She could not see any stars

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Why do stars look so small?

• They are very far away.

• They do not give off much light.

• They are much smaller than our sun.

• They are so crowded in space and don’t fit.

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