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Duplicate of Solar System Quiz Review
Duplicate of Solar System Quiz Review
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For sixth grade solar system review
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What do we use to measure distances in our solar system
light years
astronomical units
miles
kilometers
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What is this?
Mars Rover
Kepler Satellite
International Space Station
Hubble Space Telescope
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Which probe has left our solar system?
Voyager 1
New Horizons
Cassini
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A large piece of rock that orbits the sun and could also be a minor (dwarf) planet?
Meteroid
asteroid
Comet
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Which
orbits Earth
and takes pictures of space and planets and other galaxies?
Hubble Telescope
New Horizons
Voyager 2
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Which is true?
rocky planets are small, gas planets are large
the planets revolve at the same speed
Planets are the same distance apart
Rocky planets are large, gas planets are small
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Whish mission is headed to Pluto?
New Frontiers
Voyager 1
New Horizons
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Which planet is the largest?
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
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What is the name of a natural or artificial object that orbits Earth?
space station
rocket
probe
satellite
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What is the name of the closest planet to the Sun?
Earth
Mars
Venus
Mercury
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Which planet was most recently discovered?
Jupiter
Mars
Pluto
Venus
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Why did we send up animals before people?
because they're cute
to make sure it was safe
no human wanted to go
to develop technology
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Which is the greatest benefit of using a space shuttle?
disposable after one mission
transporting astronauts and supplies
using solar energy as the power source
exploration
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Which planet has hundreds of rings?
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Venus
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A comet's tail normally points ________
away from the sun
down
up
toward the sun
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Which president had a huge space exploration program?
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
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What is the name of the lab, observatory, and factory orbiting Earth?
Sputnik 1
Rover
International Space Station
Hubble Telescope
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Which celestial body is known as a shooting star?
meteor
comet
asteroid
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Which planet is farthest from the sun?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
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Who was the father of rocketry?
Galileo
Ancient Chinese
Goddard
Armstrong