6th Grade SOL review: Earth and Space Science

Question 1

How long does it take for Earth to make one complete rotation on its' axis?

Accepted Answer

1 day (or 24 hours)

Question 2

How long does it take Earth to revolve once around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

about 1 year (365 and 1/4 days)

Question 3

If a hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, what season is it?

Accepted Answer

winter

Question 4

What causes the seasons on Earth?

Accepted Answer

the tilt of Earth's axis

Question 5

What was Sputnik?

Accepted Answer

1st satellite in space

Question 6

When the Earth blocks the sunlight from the moon, it is called a ________.

Accepted Answer

Lunar eclipse

Question 7

If the sun appears directly overhead, what time of day is it?

Accepted Answer

Noon

Question 8

What planet has the most moons?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Question 9

What divides the inner and outer planets?

Accepted Answer

The asteroid belt

Question 10

How many high and low tides do we have each day on the Eastern Shore?

Accepted Answer

2 of each tide

Question 11

What is one way the 4 inner planets different from the 4 outer planets?

Accepted Answer

Inner planets are rocky, Outer are gaseous

Question 12

When the moon blocks the sunlight from Earth, it is called a _______.

Accepted Answer

Solar eclipse

Question 13

What planet is called "Earth's Twin"?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 14

What word describes the curved path the planets' follow around the sun?

Accepted Answer

elliptical

Question 15

What planet is called "the red planet"?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 16

Besides the moon, what other celestial body could increase the strength of the tides?

Accepted Answer

The sun

Question 17

The smallest planet is ________.

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 18

What phase of the moon is shown at location 1?

Accepted Answer

New moon

Question 19

What planet is the coldest?

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Question 20

What causes night and day on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation on its axis

Question 21

What phase of the moon is shown at 5?

Accepted Answer

Full moon

Question 22

What are 3 major things that make Earth different from other planets?

Accepted Answer

Atmosphere with oxygen, water in all 3 states, life

Question 23

How long does it take for the moon to complete its phases?

Accepted Answer

about 1 month

Question 24

What planet is the warmest?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 25

What phase of the moon is shown at 4?

Accepted Answer

Waxing gibbous

Question 26

What causes the tides on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Moon's gravity

Question 27

What is it called when a planet or moon orbits around another object?

Accepted Answer

revolution (or revolving)

Question 28

If the Earth's axis was not tilted, what would happen to the seasons?

Accepted Answer

there would be no seasons

Question 29

If a hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, what season is it?

Accepted Answer

Summer

Question 30

How often do the tides change on the Eastern Shore each day?

Accepted Answer

every 6 hours

Question 31

Who was Alan Shepherd?

Accepted Answer

1st American in space

Question 32

What phase of the moon is shown at number 7?

Accepted Answer

Third quarter

Question 33

What determines the amount of gravitational pull for each planet?

Accepted Answer

Its mass (size)

Question 34

The moon orbits the ____ and it orbits the _______.

Accepted Answer

Earth, Sun

Question 35

Name the planets in order from closest to farthest from the Sun.

Accepted Answer

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,Neptune

Question 36

Who thought the Earth was the center of the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Ptolemy and Aristotle

Question 37

What planet has the most visible rings?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Question 38

Who was Neil Armstrong?

Accepted Answer

1st person to walk on the moon

Question 39

What is it called when a planet spins on its axis?

Accepted Answer

rotation

Question 40

The invention of what instrument allowed scientists to learn more about our solar system?

Accepted Answer

telescope

Question 41

Who was Yuri Gagarin?

Accepted Answer

1st person in space

Question 42

Who concluded the sun was the center of the solar system?

Accepted Answer

Copernicus and Galileo

Question 43

What causes the phases of the moon?

Accepted Answer

The sunlit side of Moon changes as it revolves around Earth

Question 44

What planet has a giant red spot?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 45

What two thing hold the planets in their orbits?

Accepted Answer

Inertia and gravity

Question 46

The largest planet is _________.

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 47

What causes the length of night and day to change during the year?

Accepted Answer

the tilt of Earth's axis and the angle of the Suns rays

6th Grade SOL review: Earth and Space Science

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6th Grade SOL review: Earth and Space Science

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