Transcript Stars and Galaxies Review

Stars and Galaxies
5th Grade Science Review for
Chapter 16
How did ancient civilizations create calendars?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They used eclipses to make calendars.
They studied predictable cycles in the sky.
They looked for new objects in the sky.
They found unexpected patterns in the sky.
The people who built Stonehenge had a good
understanding of the Sun and seasons because
A.
B.
C.
D.
they used twelve stones to represent the
months.
they had pictures of the seasons carved
into the stones.
they had stones that pointed to the rising
and setting of the Sun and Moon on certain
days of the year.
they had 365 stones, one for each day of
the year.
Which is NOT an early tool of astronomy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
An astrolabe
A sextant
The Hubble telescope
The reflecting telescope
How did Isaac Newton improve the
telescope?
A.
B.
C.
D.
His telescope used a series of lenses and
mirrors to focus light to see objects far
away.
His telescope used a series of lenses to
focus light and see objects far away.
His telescope used a curved lens to focus
light to see objects farther away.
His telescope used a curved mirror to focus
light and see objects farther away.
Which one did Galileo NOT discover?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Saturn has rings.
Jupiter has four moons.
The Earth and other planets revolve
around the Sun.
The Moon has mountains.
Why do telescopes in space get better
pictures than those on Earth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They are closer to the objects.
The light is better in space for taking
pictures.
Telescopes in space are bigger than those
on Earth.
They are beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
How are the telescopes Keck I and Keck II
different from a radio telescope?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Keck telescopes use mirrors to collect
light.
The Keck telescopes were launched into
space.
The Keck telescopes receives sound
waves from pulsars.
The Keck telescopes are made up of an
array of dishes.
What sentence is NOT true about the Sun?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A million Earths could fit inside the Sun.
The Sun is a medium-sized, yellow star.
The Sun is brighter and bigger than Sirius.
The Sun gives off thermal and light energy.
Which star color would have the hottest
temperatures and look the brightest ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Red
Orange
Yellow
White or Blue-White
New stars form in a cloud of gas and dust
that is called a
A.
B.
C.
D.
nebula
black hole
supernova
white dwarf
The sunspots in the Sun’s photosphere look
darker because
A.
B.
C.
D.
they are deeper in the photosphere.
they are cooler than the surrounding part
of the photosphere.
they are dead parts of the Sun.
they are warmer than the surrounding part
of the photosphere.
What kind of galaxy looks like a
peppermint swirl?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A spiral galaxy
An irregular galaxy
An elliptical galaxy
A dwarf galaxy
What kind of galaxy is shaped like a
football?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A spiral galaxy
An irregular galaxy
An elliptical galaxy
A sombrero galaxy
What is a constellation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A group of stars that form a pattern
The brightest stars in the sky
The Milky Way
A supernova
Why do we see some constellations only
during certain seasons?
A.
B.
C.
D.
As the stars move around the Earth,
different constellations are visible.
As the Sun moves through the sky,
different constellations can be seen.
As the Moon moves around the Earth, it
blocks our view of certain constellations.
As the Earth moves around the Sun,
different parts of the sky come into view.