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Solar System Review

Solar System Review

Assessment

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Science

3rd Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS1-2, MS-ESS1-3

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Karlee Crossett

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1 Slide • 34 Questions

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Solar System Review

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Multiple Choice

Everything in the Solar System revolves around the _______.

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Moon

2

Jupiter

3

Asteroids

4

Sun

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Multiple Choice

True or False? Without the sun, no plants or animals can live on Earth.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

How long does it take Earth to fully rotate around its axis one time?

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30 Days

2

1 Days

3

365 Days

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30 Days

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Multiple Choice

How long does it take Earth to revolve around the Sun?

1

24 Hours

2

7 Days

3

365 Days

4

2 Hours

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Multiple Choice

How many planets are in our Solar System?

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17

2

8

3

2

4

21

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

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Uranus

2

Jupiter

3

Mercury

4

Earth

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is the largest in our Solar System?

1

Saturn

2

Jupiter

3

Earth

4

Mars

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Multiple Choice

Which planet is the 3rd planet from the Sun?

1

Earth

2

Venus

3

Saturn

4

Neptune

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Multiple Choice

Day and night is cause by _________.

1

The rotation of Earth on its axis.

2

Clouds

3

The Sun turning off at night.

4

The gravitational pull of the moon.

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Multiple Choice

The Moon appears bright at night because _________.

1

Magma and lava in the moon glows.

2

The moon reflects the light of the sun.

3

The moon cheese is white.

4

The moon reflects the light of the Earth.

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Multiple Choice

Movement of one object around another is called _____.

1

Rotation

2

Revolving

3

The Dizzy Factor

4

Repeated Addition

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Multiple Choice

The imaginary line that goes through the North and South poles is called ______.

1

Telephone pole

2

Lollipop

3

Axis

4

Satellite

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Multiple Choice

A group of stars that form an imaginary picture in the sky is a _________.

1

Constellation

2

Constitution

3

Curly Fries

4

Comet

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Multiple Choice

Humans have walked on the _____.

1

Sun

2

Moon

3

Rings of Saturn

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Constellation Orion

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Multiple Choice

Ture or False? Constellations change so quickly we can see new constellations every night.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are ___________.

1

Stars in our Solar System.

2

Inner planets around the Sun.

3

Bigger than the Sun.

4

Outer planets around the Sun.

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Multiple Choice

How many moons does the Earth have?

1

2

2

1

3

99

4

31

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Multiple Choice

True or False? Gravity on the Earth is the same as gravity on the Moon.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are ______.

1

Craters on the moon.

2

Inner planets around the Sun.

3

Smaller than Mars.

4

Outer planets around the Sun.

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Multiple Choice

True or False? Earth is the only planets with known life (plants and animals) on it.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Every morning, the sun rises in the _______.

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North

2

East

3

South

4

West

23

Multiple Choice

Every evening, the Sun sets in the _______.

1

North

2

East

3

South

4

West

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Multiple Choice

Stars and constellations appear in different parts of the sky because __________.

1

Stars are constantly shifting.

2

The Earth is rotating and changing position.

3

Gravity moves the stars away from Earth.

4

Stars sometimes sleep at night.

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Multiple Choice

The Moon changes position in the sky because ________.

1

The Moon travels between planets.

2

Of the rotation of Earth on its axis.

3

The moon gains and loses mass.

4

Your eyes are more tired later in the night.

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Multiple Choice

True or False? All planets are the same size.

1

True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

True or False? All planets revolve around a star.

1

True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

How many stars does our Solar System have?

1

1

2

5

3

55

4

555

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Multiple Choice

True or False? Your shadow is the longest at lunchtime (noon)?

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

True or False? Your shadow is the longest and sunrise and sunset.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

The length of your shadow is changed by ________.

1

Facing a different direction.

2

The position of the sun in the sky.

3

Learning to play piano.

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Multiple Choice

True or False? If the Sun is in the east, your shadow will reach toward the west.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

If your shadow is in the east, the Sun must be in the _____ part of the sky.

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North

2

South

3

East

4

West

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Multiple Choice

True or False?

A shadow is caused by a solid object blocking the light of the Sun.

1

True

2

False

35

Multiple Select

True or False? You are all experts on the solar system now!

1

True

2

True

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