5th grade chapter 8 test 2024

Gravity is the

• measure of mass.

• force of attraction between objects.

• size of an object.

• long distance between stars.

What is an orbit?

• the speed of a planet moving around the Sun

• the order of planets in distance from the Sun

• the path a planet takes as it moves around the Sun

• the tilt of Earth on its axis

Inertia is the tendency of a moving object to

• keep moving after it hits something.

• keep moving in a straight line.

• keep moving faster and faster.

• rise upward against gravity.

What is Earth’s revolution?

• its spinning motion on its axis

• its gravitational pull on the Moon

• its changing of seasons

• its movement in orbit around the Sun

Which of these is a lunar phase?

• penumbra

• new moon

• lunar eclipse

• neap moon

What happens during new moon when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth?

• a solar eclipse

• a quarter moon

• a lunar eclipse

• a new season

A lunar eclipse happens only during

• new moon.

• crescent moon.

• quarter moon.

• full moon

What causes tides?

• earthquakes beneath the ocean

• the gravity of the Moon and Sun

• Earth’s inertia in space

• high winds on the ocean’s surface

A natural object that orbits a planet is a(n)

• asteroid

• comet

• moon

• star

In the solar system, most asteroids are

• beyond Neptune

• orbiting Saturn

• between Mars and Jupiter

• next to the Sun