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bimester 3 Unit 5

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BE Ready: Bimester 3 Unit 5 Grade:
Name: Date:

A Label the planets. (4 points)

B Write what you know about the solar system. (6 points)

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 C Define each term. (7 points)

1. Terrestrial planets:

2. Gaseous planets:

3. Dwarf planets:

4. Comets:

5. Constellations:

6. Galaxy:

7. Milky Way:

D Label the picture and write about the ways the Earth moves. (3 points)
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E Complete the sentences with the appropriate articles. Underline the common nouns and circle
the proper ones. (4 points)

1. We live on wonderful planet: planet Earth.

2. Saturn has dozens of moons. We have one: Moon.

3. Sun is star.

4. constellation is group of stars

that form pattern.

5. constellation I like most is Leo. It has

shape of lion.

6. Saturn is sixth planet from Sun. It has large system of rings.

F Complete the sentences with the correct word. (2 points)

1. The Sun is the star in the sky.

2. It looks than the stars we see at night.

3. Most meteoroids are no than a pebble.

4. Mercury is the planet in our solar system.

G Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice. (4 point)

1. Astronomers use telescopes to study celestial bodies.

2. Scientists have made many important discoveries about the universe.

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3. Galileo observed the Moon through a telescope.

4. Nowadays, scientists consider Pluto a dwarf planet.

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 BE Ready: Bimester 3 Unit 5 Grade:
Name: Date:

A Find the volume of the following rectangular prisms. (4 points)

1. length 15 cm, width 10 cm, height 3 cm

2. length 8 cm, width 21 cm, height 9 cm

3. length 11 cm, width 4 cm, height 9 cm

4. length 16 cm, width 5 cm, height 12 cm

B Answer the following questions. (6 points)

1. What unit of measure is similar to meter?

2. How many inches are there in a 30 cm ruler?

3. What are some multiples of the number 8?

4. Name 4 factors of the number 48.

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5. How many meters are there in a structure that is 1,250 cm tall?

6. How many quarts are there in a 5 gallon can of oil?

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C Imagine how the Big Bang theory actually happened. Make a drawing.
Explain the Big Bang Theory. (5 points)

D Answer the questions. (5 points)

1. Why is life possible on Earth?

2. Why do we have day and night?

3. Why do we always see the same side of the Moon?

4. What produces the change of seasons?

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5. Why do the northern and southern hemispheres have a different season at the same

time of year?

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 F Complete the sentences using words from the box. (5 points)

physical cartographers topographical globes political maps

1. are the most accurate way to represent the surface of Earth.

2. have figured out different ways to represent Earth on flat .

3. maps show the borders of countries, states, cities, and towns.

4. maps show landforms and bodies of water.

5. maps show the shapes and elevation of land features.

G Answer the question. (5 points)

What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of GPS technology?

Check
yourself!
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Yes No
1. Can you use punctuation at the end of a sentence?

2. Can you use different systems of measurement?

3. Can you use synonyms and antonyms when you write?

4. Can you use new vocabulary?

5. Were you tolerant of others at home and at school?

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