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🪐 Earth & Space – Year 5
Science · Year 5 (KS2) — practises the planets, day and night, Earth's orbit and the phases of the Moon
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Questions
The Sun is at the centre of our solar system. What kind of object is the Sun?
A moon
A comet
A star
A planet
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Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
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What causes day and night on Earth?
Earth spinning on its axis
The Moon blocking the Sun
Earth orbiting the Sun
The Sun moving around Earth
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About how long does it take Earth to spin round once on its axis?
About 30 days
About 365 days
About 7 days
About 24 hours
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About how long does it take Earth to travel once around the Sun?
About 100 days
About 365 days
About 30 days
About 24 hours
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Moving outwards from the Sun, which planet comes straight after Mars?
Uranus
Earth
Saturn
Jupiter
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We see the Moon shining at night. Why can we see it?
It reflects light from Earth's cities
It reflects light from the Sun
It makes its own light
It is a burning ball of gas
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A ship sailing away seems to sink from the bottom up over the horizon. What does this show about Earth?
Its surface is curved
It orbits the Sun
It spins on its axis
Its surface is flat
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Why does the Moon seem to change shape during a month?
We see different amounts of its sunlit half
Clouds hide different parts of it
The Moon grows and shrinks
Earth's shadow covers part of it
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Roughly how long is it from one full moon to the next full moon?
About a day
About a year
About a month
About a week
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