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3-30-23 5th Grade Science Space General Knowledge

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this phase of the moon called?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Crescent Moon
c)
Gibbous Moon
d)
New Moon
2.
What is this phase of the moon called?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Crescent Moon
c)
Gibbous Moon
d)
New Moon
3.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Earth
c)
Mercury
d)
Neptune
4.
What planet is this?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Earth
c)
Saturn
d)
Mercury
5.
The sun rises in the __________.
a)
East
b)
West
c)
North
d)
South
6.
What is this "Red Planet" that is 4th from the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Neptune
d)
Saturn
7.
What planet has rings and is 6th from the sun?
a)
Saturn
b)
Mars
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
8.
The order of the planets is:
a)
Mars,Venus,Earth,
Mercury,Saturn
Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
b)
Earth,Venus,Mars
Jupiter, Neptune,
Mercury,Saturn,
Uranus
c)
Mercury,Venus,Earth
Mars,Jupiter,
Saturn,Uranus
Neptune
9.
What planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars considered?
a)
inner
b)
outer
c)
dwarf
10.
What type of planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune considered?
a)
inner
b)
outer
c)
dwarf
11.
What divides the inner planets from the outer planets?
a)
Kuiper Belt
b)
Oort Cloud
c)
Asteroid Belt
12.
Where does the Asteroid Belt fall in the picture?
a)
between venus and earth
b)
between earth and mars
c)
between mars and jupiter
d)
between jupiter and saturn
13.

Stars are composed of _____________.

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

14.

The main gases that burn within the sun are

a)

Oxygen and Nitrogen

b)

Hydrogen and Oxygen

c)

Neon and Sulfur

d)

Hydrogen and Helium

15.

Spinning of Earth on its axis.

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

16.
Which planet is farthest from the sun?
a)
Neptune
b)
Pluto
c)
Earth
d)
Uranus
17.

Which is a frozen mass with a tail of trailing gases?

a)

A meteor

b)

A comet

c)

An asteroid

d)

A planet

18.

A student observed the Moon on a Tuesday evening. She drew a picture of its shape in her science notebook. Approximately how long will she have to wait before she can see the Moon the same shape and position again?

a)

365 days

b)

29 days

c)

7 days

d)

1 week

19.

The Moon’s surface has many more craters than the Earth’s. What best explains the difference in the number of craters on the surface of the Moon and the Earth?

a)

The Moon rarely gets impacted by meteorites.

b)

The Earth’s atmosphere protects it from impacts.

c)

The Moon’s gravity attracts more meteorites than Earth's.

d)

The Earth rotates on its axis more quickly than the Moon.

20.

What shape is the milky way galaxy

a)

spiral

b)

elliptical

c)

irregular

d)

black hole

21.

The big bang supports that the universe is

a)

exploding

b)

expanding

c)

disappearing

d)

mutating

22.

How Much Does Neptune Orbit?

a)

164.8 earth years

b)

2.4 earth years

c)

2.100 earth years

d)

16.1 earth years

23.

How Much Does Mercury Orbit

a)

88 Earth Days

b)

22 Earth days

c)

6 earth days

d)

1 earth day

24.
A star and the planets, asteroids, and comets that orbit it
a)
planet
b)
solar system
c)
galaxy
d)
universe
25.
A smaller rocky body that orbits a planet
a)
moon
b)
dwarf planet
c)
planet
d)
star
26.

Which of the following planets have moons?

a)

Mercury

b)

Uranus

c)

Venus

d)

Neptune

27.
Which moon pictured here belongs to Pluto and is unique because it is over half the size of it's planet?
a)
Titan
b)
Phobos
c)
Mimas
d)
Charon
28.
Which moon pictured here belongs to Saturn and is unique because it has ice geysers or plumes at it's south pole?
a)
Titan
b)
Enceladus
c)
Hyperion
d)
Iapetus
29.
Which moon pictured here belongs to Jupiter and is unique because NASA plans to visit it and search for life in it's below-surface oceans?
a)
Callisto
b)
Io
c)
Ganymede
d)
Europa
30.
Which moon pictured here belongs to Jupiter and is unique because it has active volcanoes?
a)
Callisto
b)
Io
c)
Ganymede
d)
Europa
31.
The hottest planet is 
a)
Venus
b)
Earth
c)
Mercury
d)
Mars
32.
The largest planet is
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Neptune
d)
Pluto
33.
The planet that has the most rings
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Uranus
d)
Saturn
34.

From the choices presented - which is the largest object or structure in space?

a)

Earth

b)

The Sun

c)

The Solar System

d)

The asteroid belt

35.

The largest single object in the solar system is ______.

a)

Saturn

b)

Jupiter

c)

Earth

d)

The Sun

36.

It would take a single beam of light about ______ years to travel across the Milky Way.

a)

1 million

b)

10

c)

100,000

d)

1 billion

37.

Which unit of measurement is used to measure distances within our solar system?

a)

inches

b)

kilometers

c)

miles

d)

Astronomical units

38.

What is the time taken for the light to travel between the Sun and Earth?

a)

4 minutes

b)

8 minutes

c)

12 minutes

d)

2 minutes

39.

Name the type of galaxy above.

a)

Spiral

b)

Irregular

c)

Elliptical

40.

Name the type of galaxy above.

a)

Spiral

b)

Irregular

c)

Elliptical

41.

Name the type of galaxy above.

a)

Spiral

b)

Irregular

c)

Elliptical

42.

A light year is a measurement of

a)

time

b)

distance

c)

speed

d)

velocity

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