Pre-Assessment for 5th Grade Galaxy, Solar System, and Planets

When the Earth makes a trip around the sun, what is that called?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Revolving

• Vacation

What is a rotation?

• Earth makes one turn on its axis. (1 day)

• When the moon goes around the Earth. (28 days)

• Earth orbiting the sun. (365 days)

What controls the seasons?

• Mother Nature

• The moon's revolution around the Earth.

• Earth rotating on its axis.

• Earth's revolution around the sun

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What affects day and night?

• Mother Nature

• Earth rotating on its axis.

• Earth revolving around the sun

• The moons revolution around Earth.

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We can see the moon at night because....

• it is reflecting the sun's light

• It is a light source

• The stars shine on it at night

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A terrestrial planet is made up of....

• gases and heat

• rocks and moons

• metals and rocks

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What makes life possible on Earth? (select multiple)

• water

• Our atmosphere

• oxygen

• We are the perfect distance from the sun

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What is a lunar eclipse?

• When the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon

• When the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth

• When the Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon

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Why do we have leap years?

• To correct the calendar year to match the solar year

• To celebrate an extra day

• Because of the moon's revolution around the Earth

What is the main component of a gas giant planet?

• Metals and rocks

• Gases and heat

• Rocks and moons

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