Space Science Basic Quiz (Grade 5)

Planets going around a star (sun) is called a __________ _________.

• planetary

• solar system

• asteroid system

• galaxy

Millions or billions of stars together (often around a dense center or black hole)

• planetary system

• asteroid

• solar system

• galaxy

All the galaxies and everything in existence is called_____________ .

• Planets

• Universe

• Earth

• Galaxy

Black holes _________

• have bright lights

• absorb all light

• have no gravity

• have infinite stars

Which of the following is not an ice giant?

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Neptune

Earth and Mars are in the_____________.

• Jupiter zone

• Habitable Zone

• area too cold for life

• nearest to the sun

The Moon_____________ the Earth

• orbits

• spins through

• flips over

• moves

There are some __________ that are so massive that they are the size of millions of stars.

• collapses

• planets

• black holes

• space ships

The inner planets (those closest to the sun) are also the planets made of....

• gas

• ice

• rock (solid)

Black Holes are often the result of___________

• planets collapsing

• space collapsing

• stars collapsing