Cold Hill Elementary (Week 11)

Skill: Solar System, Weather & Climate, Earth’s Atmosphere, Water & Water Cycle

Science Grade 5

This test section contains EIGHT multiple-choice questions. Please mark your answers for the multiple-choice questions in the spaces provided on your Student Response Page. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess.
1. / Which of these revolves around a planet?
O / A. / an asteroid
O / B. / a star
O / C. / a comet
O / D. / a moon
2. / A city has a temperature of 75 °F, with partly cloudy skies. Weather forecasters are predicting that the air pressure and temperature will drop during the day. Which type of weather is most likely for this area in the late afternoon?
O / A. / rainy
O / B. / sunny
O / C. / snowing
O / D. / hailing
3. / Gravity is responsible for the
O / A. / orbits of the planets around the Sun.
O / B. / rotation of a planet on its axis.
O / C. / tilt of Earth’s axis.
O / D. / phases of the Moon.
4. / A day on Saturn takes about 10 Earth hours. Which fact would best explain this short day?
O / A. / Saturn is less dense than Earth.
O / B. / Saturn is much farther from the Sun than Earth.
O / C. / Saturn rotates more rapidly than Earth.
O / D. / Saturn’s orbit has greater eccentricity than Earth’s.

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5. / What is the source of energy for the Sun?
O / A. / hydrogen fusion
O / B. / internal combustion
O / C. / nuclear fission of metals
O / D. / burning of solar gases
6. / The surfaces of planet Mercury and our moon contain some very large craters that are most likely the result of
O / A. / giant lava flows.
O / B. / asteroid impacts.
O / C. / nuclear explosions.
O / D. / large collapsed caves.
7. / The process by which water vapor turns into liquid drops is known as
O / A. / condensation.
O / B. / evaporation.
O / C. / precipitation.
O / D. / the water cycle.
8. / Burning fuels affects climate by
O / A. / reducing the number of trees.
O / B. / decreasing the amount of sunlight that reaches Earth’s surface.
O / C. / raising Earth’s average temperature.
O / D. / Changing the prevailing winds.

Essential Vocabulary:

Solar System

Weather & Climate

Earth’s Atmosphere

Water & Water Cycle

Resources/Technology:

www.brainpop.com

www.unitedstreaming.com

Science Court

Bill Nye videos

Harcourt Science textbook (5th)

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqearthscience.pdf

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqgr5science.pdf

Grade 5 -- Science
Question / First
A.E. / First CC / Second A.E. / Second CC / DOK
Level of MC Question / Answer
Key / Rational/Annotation for MC Questions
1 / SC-05-2.3.5 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / D / Students will use reasoning skills and prior knowledge to determine the correct answer.
2 / SC-05-2.3.3 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / A / Students will specify and explain the relationship between facts, terms, properties, or variables.
3 / SC-05-1.2.1 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / A / Students will use reasoning skills and prior knowledge to determine the correct answer.
4 / SC-05-2.3.5 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / C / Students will use reasoning skills and prior knowledge to determine the correct answer.
5 / SC-05-2.3.5 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / A / Students will use reasoning skills and prior knowledge to determine the correct answer.
6 / SC-05-2.3.5 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / B / Students will use reasoning skills and prior knowledge to determine the correct answer.
7 / SC-05-2.3.1 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / A / Students will use reasoning skills and prior knowledge to determine the correct answer.
8 / SC-05-2.3.1 / DOK Ceiling Level / DOK Ceiling Level / 2 / C / Students will use reasoning skills and prior knowledge to determine the correct answer.

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