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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

    Orion is easy to see on winter evenings in Europe, but not on summer evenings. Has Orion moved?

    • A. No, it is destroyed every summer.
    • B. No, in summer Orion is in the sky during the day, hidden by sunlight.
    • C. Yes, it flies south for the summer.
    • D. Yes, it shrinks in summer.

  2. Question 2

    True or false? The Sun is much bigger than Earth.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  3. Question 3

    Two identical lamps are switched on in a dark field. Lamp A is 12 m away and lamp B is 2 m away. Which looks brighter?

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

  4. Question 4

    Earth spins once every 24 hours. How many times does it spin in 5 days?

    Answer

  5. Question 5

    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 365¼ days (one year)
    • D. about 24 hours (one day)

  6. Question 6

    The Sun and other stars: which statement is true?

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

  7. Question 7

    In a scale model, Earth is a ball 6 cm wide. The Moon is about a quarter of Earth's width. How wide should the model Moon be?

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  8. Question 8

    True or false? You can see every constellation on any night of the year.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  9. Question 9

    Among the main phases of the Moon, which comes straight after "new moon"?

    • A. first quarter
    • B. last quarter
    • C. full moon

  10. Question 10

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

    Shadow length (cm)02040608010012014016018017508:006110:003112:006614:0016616:00

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  11. Question 11

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

    Shadow length (cm)02040608010012014016016008:005810:003712:005914:0015516:00
    • A. 08:00
    • B. 10:00
    • C. 12:00
    • D. 14:00
    • E. 16:00

  12. Question 12

    True or false? The Moon orbits the Sun once a month, not Earth.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  13. Question 13

    Why do shadows change length during the day?

    • A. Objects grow during the day.
    • B. The Sun gets bigger at noon.
    • C. Earth spins, so the Sun's height in the sky changes.
    • D. Clouds stretch the shadows.

  14. Question 14

    What does the Moon orbit?

    • A. the Earth
    • B. Mars
    • C. nothing
    • D. the Sun only

  15. Question 15

    About how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?

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

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Answer key: 5th grade space

  1. 1. B. No, in summer Orion is in the sky during the day, hidden by sunlight.

  2. 2. A. True

  3. 3. B. lamp B

  4. 4. 5

  5. 5. B. about 687 Earth days (nearly 2 years)

  6. 6. C. Stars at different distances can look equally bright.

  7. 7. 1.5 cm

  8. 8. B. False

  9. 9. A. first quarter

  10. 10. 144 cm

  11. 11. C. 12:00

  12. 12. B. False

  13. 13. C. Earth spins, so the Sun's height in the sky changes.

  14. 14. A. the Earth

  15. 15. C. about 8 minutes