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Grade Five Science Assessment
Earth and Sky
2nd Quarter
1.(1)
What does this picture show us?
a. The Sun rotates around the Earth.
b. Earth and Sun rotate around each
other.
c. Earth does not move.
d. Earth rotates on its axis.
2. (I6)
What do we call a resource that can be replaced in a short period of time?
a.
b.
c.
d.
3. (I5)
fossil fuel
renewable resource
smog
geothermal energy
Identify which of the 3 R’s is being illustrated in the diagram and explain
your answer. (2 pts.)
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4. (E2)
During our space unit we discussed many differences and similarities
between planets and stars. Draw a Venn diagram below and list a
minimum of two differences for each and one similarity. (5 pts.)
5. (E1)
Explain in your own words how day and night occur. (2 pts.)
6. (E 3)
Models can be used to represent scientific phenomena. Explain how a
hard-boiled egg can be used as a model of the earth. Identify 1 limitation
with the model. (2 pts.)
7. (E 1,3) The earth completes a revolution once every
.
a. year
b. day
c. month
8. (E 5)
d. week
Resources that are gone forever once they’re used up are called
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.
a.
b.
c.
d.
inexhaustible resources
renewable resources
nonrenewable resources
raw materials
9. (E5) Give an example of a nonrenewable resource. Explain why we should
conserve it. (2 pts.)
Use the information below:
10. (I 2) Jackson recorded the sunrise and sunset
times for ten days in a row. He put his
observations in the table to the right.
Day
Sunrise
Sunset
What can Jackson conclude about the
length of the days during this period?
a. They got longer.
b. They got shorter.
c. They stayed the same length.
11. (E3) Identify where on the earth we can find the coldest temperatures. Why are
these locations the coldest? (2 pts.)
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12. (E 2,3) Look at the picture below. List the nine planets in the correct order from
the sun to the edge of the solar system. (6 pts.)
Jupiter
13.
Uranus
The earth’s rotation around its axis causes which of the following?
(E 1,3)
a.
b.
c.
d.
eclipses of the moon
seasons of the year
phases of the moon
day and night
14. (E5) Which action helps conserve a nonrenewable resource?
a.
b.
c.
d.
rotating crops
storing water in reservoirs
recycling used newspapers
riding a bike instead of driving a car
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15. (I)
Why are models particularly helpful to the study of our solar system?
What problems can they cause? (2 pts.)
16. (E4) A star
a.
b.
c.
d.
.
does not produce its own light.
rotates around the sun
is a huge globe of hot gases.
is the planet Jupiter
17. (E4) What is true about the brightness of stars?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The closer a star is, the brighter it appears.
All stars have the same brightness.
Red stars are the hottest and brightest stars.
The sun is the brightest star in the universe.
Use the following picture to answer questions 18 and 19:
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18. (E1, 3) What does the symbol above Earth’s axis represent in the diagram above?
a
b.
c.
d.
revolution
an eclipse
an orbit
a rotation
19. (E1, 3) What paths do the dotted lines represent in the diagram above?
a.
b.
c.
d.
axis
eclipses
orbits
rotations
20. (E 4) The sun is much bigger than the moon. Why do they look like they are
the same size in the sky?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Because the Sun is much further away from us than the Moon.
Because the Moon is much further away from us than the Sun.
Because the Moon is hidden behind the Sun.
Because the Moon is really a star.
21. (I1) A telescope can be used to observe stars and planets because the lenses…
a. make very tiny objects appear larger
b. make close objects appear larger
c. make distant objects appear nearer
and larger
d. make small objects easier to see
Use the following information:
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22. (W1) While the planets visible to the naked eye have been observed for
thousands of years, Uranus wasn’t discovered until 1781, Neptune until
1846, and Pluto later.
Which statement is best supported by this information?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Current information about the solar system may change.
Because information changes often, scientists cannot use it.
Nothing new was discovered about the solar system after 1930.
New moons will be discovered around the planets in our solar system.
23. (E3) Earth’s atmosphere has oxygen in it, but there is no oxygen in the
atmospheres on Mercury, Venus, or Mars. Where did all the oxygen in
earth’s atmosphere probably come from?
a.
b.
c.
d.
stars
plants on earth giving off oxygen during photosynthesis
animals breathing out oxygen
outer space
24. (E3, I2) Where is most of the fresh water found on earth?
Where is the Water on Earth?
Fresh water: 2.8%
 Lakes and streams: 0.01%
 Surface water and
groundwater: 0.6%
 Ice caps and glaciers:
2.2%
 Water vapor in
atmosphere: 0.001%
Salt Water: 97.2%
a.
b.
c.
d.
oceans
ice caps and glaciers
surface water and
groundwater
lakes and streams
25. (E4) Which of these gives off its own light?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Saturn
Star
Moon
Jupiter
26. (E2) When Matthew looks at the moon, he can see the bright half of it because
a. the moon produces its own light
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on that half.
b. lights on earth are shining up to that half
of the moon.
c. sunlight is bouncing off that half of the moon
and reflecting to earth.
d. light from stars is shining on that half of
the moon.
27. (E2) A year on a planet is the time it takes that planet to go around the sun
once. Which planet has the shortest year?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Pluto
Mercury
Earth
Saturn
28. (E2,3) List two ways the sun affects life on earth. (2 pts.)
29. (E5,6) Ores are minerals dug out of the earth for some use. What might be a way
that mining these ores affects the environment?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sea levels go down.
Animal habitats are dug up and destroyed
The ozone layer gets dug up.
The supply of minerals gets larger and larger.
30. (E3) Ninety-nine percent of the air we breathe is made up of
a.
b.
c.
d.
31. (1)
.
carbon dioxide and argon
neon and xenon
oxygen and nitrogen
oxygen and ozone
Which picture shows how the tree’s shadow should look?
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A
B
C
D
32. (E2,3) Explain how earth is different from other planets. Give at least 2
examples. (2 pts.)
33. (E3) The earth’s crust is made of
a.
b.
c.
d.
a single plate of rock covering the entire earth.
a plate of rock for each continent and each ocean.
separate plates that include both continents and sea floors
separate continent rocks on top of a single bedrock layer.
34. (E 2, W1) Why do astronomers know more about Mars and Jupiter than they do
about Neptune and Pluto?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Neptune and Jupiter are in a different solar system.
Neptune and Pluto are closer to the Sun.
Mars and Jupiter are closer to Earth .
Mars and Jupiter are closer to Saturn.
Directions: Look at the diagram below. Use this diagram to help you answer to
answer the question below.
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35. (2)
About how long will it take for the earth to move from Point B to Point A
in the diagram?
a.
b.
c.
d.
24 hours
30 day
3 months
9 months
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