Download 5 th Grade Science Study Guide Chap. 7 Test Date

5th Grade Science Study Guide
Chap. 7
Test Date: ________________
Moon:
1. The light of the moon comes from the sun.
2. When the moon is on the same level as the sun, it blocks out the suns light causing a solar
eclipse.
3. When the moon is gibbous it is bulging.
4. When the moon travels through the earth’s shadow a lunar eclipse occurs.
Sun:
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The sun is 93,000,000 miles from the earth.
The surface layer of the sun which is visible to our eyes is called the photosphere.
Darker areas on the outer surface of the sun are called sunspots.
The innermost section of the sun is called the core.
The vapor blanket surrounding the sun which is visible only during a total eclipse is called the
corona.
6. The atmosphere of the sun is called the chromosphere.
Be able to label the following constellations:
1. Herdsman
2. Scorpion
3. Orion
4. Big Dog
5. Great Bear
6. Southern Cross
Be able to match pictures with the phase of the moon it represents:
1. New Moon
3. Third Quarter
5. Crescent
2. First Quarter
4. Gibbous
6. Full Moon
Planets:
1. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
2. Neptune appears royal blue and has a moon named Triton.
3. Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus.
4. Mar is known as the ‘red planet’.
5. Earth is the only planet suitable for life.
6. Venus is known as Earth’s ‘twin planet’.
7. The planet closest to the sun is Mercury.
8. Uranus is the planet that is tipped over on its side.
9. The planet surrounded by seven bands of rings and at least sixty moons.
10. Jupiter is the planet with the Great Red Spot.
11. Venus is the brightest planet in the sky.
Atmosphere:
1. The topmost layer of the atmosphere is the exosphere.
2. The layer of atmosphere closest to the earth is the troposphere.
3. The layer of atmosphere where all weather occurs is the troposphere.
4. The layer of the atmosphere that helps protect the earth from being bombarded with
meteoroids is the mesosphere.
5. Seventy-eight percent of the air is nitrogen.
6. The layer in the atmosphere that helps protect the earth from being bombarded with
meteoroids is the mesosphere.
7. The ionosphere is the topmost layer of the atmosphere.
8. The air in the two upper layers of the atmosphere is said to be rarefied because there are few
air molecules.
9. The aurora borealis is seen in the Northern Hemisphere.
10. The entire earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that protects the earth from harmful space
particles.
11. An aurora is a light display seen near the poles caused by the collisions of particles from the
solar wind with molecules of air.
12. Airglow occurs in the lower regions of the thermosphere.