5th Grade Science Ch. 7 Test Wonders of The Sky

The sun is ____ miles from the earth.

• 93,000,000

• 9,000

• 93,000

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When the moon is gibbous, it is _____.

• waning

• waxing

• bulging

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The light of the moon comes from ____.

• the sun

• the moon itself

• Venus

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The atmosphere of the sun is called the ____.

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• chromosphere

When the moon travels through the earth's shadow:

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• full moon

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If the moon is on the same level as the sun, it blocks out the sun's light and ____.

• a solar eclipse occurs

• a lunar eclipse occurs

• a full moon occurs

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The surface layer of the sun which is visible to our eyes is called:

• photopshere

• core

• corona

Darker areas on the outer surface of the sun are called:

• solar flares

• sunspots

• sunspheres

The vapor blanket surrounding the sun which is visible only during a total eclipse is called the:

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• corona

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Seventy-eight percent of the air is the gas:

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide