Characteristics of Stars
The Moon
Characteristics of
Earth
100
100
100
Objects
In
Space
100
Planets
100
200
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Question Column 1-100
Complete the data table:
Stars Our Sun
Different Colors ?

Answer Column 1-100

Question Column 1-200
Complete the data table:

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Our Sun is a medium sized star.

Question Column 1-300
Which star would appear brightest?
A.The star that is farthest away.
B.The star that is hottest.
C.The star that is smallest.
D.The star that is coldest.

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Which star would appear brightest?
B. The star that is hottest.

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Why does the Sun look so much bigger than all the other stars in the sky?
A. Because the Sun is yellow.
B. Because the Sun is medium-sized.
C. Because the Sun is the hottest star.
D. Because the Sun is the closest star to
Earth.

Answer Column 1-400
Why does the Sun look so much bigger than all the other stars in the sky?
D
Because the Sun is the closest star to Earth.

Question Column 1-500
Which star in the data table below is our
Sun?
Color Size Age Distance from
Earth
Star A Yellow Large Middle Far
Star B Red Medium Old Far
Star C Yellow Medium Middle Close

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Color Size Age Distance from
Earth
Star C Yellow Medium Middle Close

Question Column 2-100
What measure of time can be taken from the
Moon’s revolution around the Earth?
A. About a day
B. About a week
C. About a month
D. About a year

Answer Column 2-100
What measure of time can be taken from the
Moon’s revolution around the Earth?
C about a month

Question Column 2-200
Our Moon is actually the given name of the object that orbits our planet. What is the scientific name for our Moon?
A. sphere
B. orbiter
C. artificial turf
D. natural satellite

Answer Column 2-200
What is the scientific name for our Moon?
D natural satellite

Question Column 2-300
Which model below is an accurate representation of the relationship between the Earth and Moon?
The
A
Earth revolves
.
around the Moon
The
B
Moon revolves around the Earth.
The
C
Moon revolves around the Earth.
The
D
Moon revolves around the Earth.

Answer Column 2-300
The
Moon revolves around the
Earth.
C

Question Column 2-400
Name another word that refers to anything related to the Moon.

Answer Column 2-400
LUNAR

Question Column 2-500
Earth’s rotation causes which of the following?
A. The appearance of seasons on the Moon
B. The appearance of craters on the Moon
C. The appearance of the Moon moving across the sky.
D. The appearance of shadows on the Moon.

Answer Column 2-500
Earth’s rotation causes which of the following?
C
The appearance of the Moon moving across the sky.

Question Column 3-100
C
D
A
B
If Earth is at Point D, where will it be in 3 months?
A. Point A
B. Point B
C. Point C
D. Point D

Answer Column 3-100
C
D
A
B
B

Question Column 3-200
C
D
B
If Earth were at Point B, where would it be 5 years later?
A. Point A
B. Point B
C. Point C
D. Point D
A

Answer Column 3-200
C
D
A
B
B

Question Column 3-300
We know that the Earth is mostly covered in water. We also know that most of the water on Earth is salt water. Of the freshwater on
Earth, where is most freshwater found?
A. lakes
B. the air
C. rivers
D. glaciers

Answer Column 3-300
D - Glaciers!

Question Column 3-400
Complete the table.
Earth
Earth’s
Orbit
Shape

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Earth’s shape is spherical !
Earth’s orbit’s shape is elliptical !

Question Column 3-500
This picture of a seashell was taken at what time on a summer day?
North
West East
A. 6 a.m.
B. 12 noon
C. 6 p.m.
D. 12 midnight
South

Answer Column 3-500
C - 6 p.m.

Question Column 4-100
What object is space is also called a shooting star?

Answer Column 4-100
Meteor

Question Column 4-200
What object in space is made of mostly frozen gases?
A. Meteor
B. Comet
C. Asteroid
D. Meteoroid

Answer Column 4-200
B
Comet

Question Column 4-300
Which objects in space orbit the Sun?
A. Meteor
B. Asteroid
C. Meteoroid
D. Planet

Answer Column 4-300
B,C,D

Question Column 4-400
What characteristic of a planet does Pluto not meet?

Answer Column 4-400

Question Column 4-500
Between which two planets are most asteroids found?

Answer Column 4-500

Question Column 5-100
Earth is the __ planet from the Sun?
A. 1 st
B. 3 rd
C. 7 th
D. 9 th

Answer Column 5-100
B

Question Column 5-200
Which list shows the correct planet order according to the closest planet from the Sun to the furthest planet from the
Sun?
A. Pluto, Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Neptune, Uranus,
Saturn, Jupiter
B. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune
C. Earth, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter,
Uranus
D. Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus,
Mercury

Answer Column 5-200
B

Question Column 5-300
A year on planet Joseph is 120 days. A year on planet
Miller is 880 days. Use the diagram to estimate the length of a year on planet Gillund.
Joseph Gillund
Miller A. 1000 days
B. 750 days
C. 500 days
D. 350 days

Answer Column 5-300
D
Notice Gillund’s orbit is slightly closer to Joseph than to Miller!

Question Column 5-400
How much of a planet experiences daytime at the same time?
A. ¼
B. ½
C. Almost all
D. ¾

B
Answer Column 5-400

Question Column 5-500
Name one major difference between the inner planets and the outer planets?

Answer Column 5-500
Possible Answers:
•The inner planets are crowded together, the outer planets are spread apart
•The inner planets are smaller than the outer planets
•The inner planets are made of rock, the outer planets are made of gases
•The inner planets have more less than the outer planets
•The inner planets have craters, the outer planets do not
•The inner planets do not have rings, the outer planets do
•The inner planets are closer to the Sun, the outer planets are farther away from the Sun.