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5th grade space

5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 15 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-ESS1-1, NGSS.5-ESS1-1, NGSS.5-ESS1-2 · England: KS2 Y5 Earth and space, KS2 Y3 Light

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  1. Question 1

    At midday in summer, shadows are shorter than at midday in winter. Why?

    • A. Objects shrink in summer.
    • B. The Sun climbs higher in the sky in summer.
    • C. The Sun is closer in summer.
    • D. There is more light in winter.

  2. Question 2

    Why do we always see the same side of the Moon?

    • A. It does not spin at all
    • B. Earth blocks the other side
    • C. It spins once in the same time it takes to orbit Earth
    • D. The other side is always dark

  3. Question 3

    Over one night, the stars seem to move across the sky from east to west. Why?

    • A. The Moon pulls them.
    • B. The wind blows them.
    • C. The stars are falling.
    • D. Earth is spinning.

  4. Question 4

    A class measured the shadow of a 1 m stick every two hours on a sunny day. When was the shadow longest?

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    • A. 08:00
    • B. 10:00
    • C. 12:00
    • D. 14:00
    • E. 16:00

  5. Question 5

    In a scale model, Earth is a ball 8 cm wide. The Sun is about 109 times wider than Earth. How wide should the model Sun be?

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  6. Question 6

    How much shorter was the shadow at 12:00 than at 08:00?

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  7. Question 7

    The Sun and other stars: which statement is true?

    • A. The Sun is a planet.
    • B. The Sun is the biggest star in space.
    • C. Stars at different distances can look equally bright.
    • D. A star that looks dim must be small.

  8. Question 8

    About how many Earths would fit side by side across the Sun?

    • A. about 2
    • B. exactly 1
    • C. about 10
    • D. about 109

  9. Question 9

    Among the phases of the Moon, starting from new moon, which comes straight after "waxing gibbous"?

    • A. first quarter
    • B. waning gibbous
    • C. full moon
    • D. new moon

  10. Question 10

    How many hours does Earth take to spin 7 times?

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  11. Question 11

    True or false? Stars appear to move across the night sky because Earth spins.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  12. Question 12

    Two identical lamps are switched on in a dark field. Lamp A is 16 m away and lamp B is 4 m away. Which looks brighter?

    • A. lamp A
    • B. lamp B
    • C. they look the same

  13. Question 13

    How long does this take: Mars travelling once around the Sun?

    • A. about 29½ days (about a month)
    • B. about 687 Earth days (nearly 2 years)
    • C. about 24 hours (one day)
    • D. about 365¼ days (one year)

  14. Question 14

    True or false? Earth takes about one year to orbit the Sun.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  15. Question 15

    About how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?

    • A. less than a second
    • B. about a day
    • C. about a year
    • D. about 8 minutes

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  1. The Sun climbs higher in the sky in summer.
  2. It spins once in the same time it takes to orbit Earth
  3. Earth is spinning.
  4. 08:00
  5. 872 cm
  6. 115 cm
  7. Stars at different distances can look equally bright.
  8. about 109
  9. full moon
  10. 168 h
  11. True
  12. lamp B
  13. about 687 Earth days (nearly 2 years)
  14. True
  15. about 8 minutes