5th Grade Space Science Review

If the Earth were to spin around the axis twice as slow as it does right now, what would happen?

• The day would be twice as long and the night would be half as long.

• The day would be half as long and the night would be twice as long.

• The day would be twice as long and the night would be twice as long.

• The day would be half as long and the night would be half as long.

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The sun ​ (a)   in the east and ​ (b)   in the west.

• rises
• sets

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In the summer time, the day time is __________ than in the winter time in San Diego.

• longer

• shorter

• about the same

• cooler

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The sun's path is lower in the sky during the wintertime, therefore shadows will be ___________.

• closer into an object and barely visible

• further out from an object and more visible

• very skinny and non-existence

• disappearing completely

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It takes ________ hours for the Earth to make a full rotation on its axis.

• 12

• 24

• 48

• 28

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TRUE OR FALSE: It takes about 28 days for the moon to orbit the Earth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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It takes ​ ​ (a)   days for the Earth to orbit the sun.

• 365
• 24
• 28
• 360
• 52

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You can see the constellation Orion in ​the ​ (a)   .

• winter
• summer
• fall
• spring

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Why can't we see Orion during the summertime?

• The stars no longer exist and disappear.

• The moon blocks out the stars during the summertime.

• The Earth has orbited around the sun to a location in space where the stars of Orion aren't visible to us.

• Constellations are constantly travelling and moving through the sky. Therefore, the star have moved to another location in space.

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The ​more massive a planet or moon is the ​ (a)   gravity there is.

• more
• less
• softer

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