6th grade Unit 8 Test- Solar System

Question 1

These astronomical bodies most likely source is the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars.

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Meteors

Question 2

Venus has a revolution around the Sun of

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224.7 days

Question 3

This planet is the 5th from the Sun

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Jupiter

Question 4

3rd moon from Jupiter at a distance of 1,070,000 km.

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Ganymede

Question 5

This planet is the 3rd planet from the Sun.

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Earth

Question 6

This planet has six rings, has a storm called The Great Dark Spot, has faint rings, cold.

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Neptune

Question 7

Neptune has a revolution around the Sun of

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60,190 days

Question 8

Atmosphere of methane, helium, no solid surface, first planet discovered to have rings.

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Saturn

Question 9

The Sun and our solar system takes about ___ million years to complete one orbit of the galaxy.

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225-250

Question 10

This planet is close to the Sun, very cold at night and very hot during the day, craters

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Mercury

Question 11

Earth has a revolution around the Sun of

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365.3 days

Question 12

Uranus has a revolution around the Sun of

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30,684 days

Question 13

Jupiter’s 4th largest moon, ice, has phases like Earth’s moon.

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Europa

Question 14

Jupiter’s Largest moon in solar system, made of ice, grooved terrain on cratered surface.

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Ganymede

Question 15

Astronomical bodies are very small specks of dust and rock that quickly burn up in the atmosphere.

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Meteors

Question 16

Jupiter’s 3rd largest moon; Active volcanism; sulfur, iron, and rocky material.

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Io

Question 17

2nd moon from Jupiter at a distance of 670,900 km.

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Europa

Question 18

Same size of Earth, hottest average temperature of all the planets.

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Venus

Question 19

4th moon from Jupiter at a distance of 1,883,000 km.

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Callisto

Question 20

This planet is the 6th from the Sun.

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Saturn

Question 21

Which of the following correctly lists the order of the planets of our solar system?

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Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

Question 22

This is the 7th planet from the Sun

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Uranus

Question 23

This planet is the 2nd from the Sun.

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Venus

Question 24

Mercury has a revolution around the Sun of

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87.9 days

Question 25

Jupiter moons discovered by ___ Jan 1610. First group of objects found to orbit another planet.

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Galileo Galilei

Question 26

This planet is the 8th from the Sun.

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Neptune

Question 27

Most likely source is beyond Neptune in a belt of icy bodies brought closer to Sun by gravity.

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Comets

Question 28

Jupiter has a revolution around the Sun of

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4,332.9 days

Question 29

Mars has a revolution around the Sun of

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686.9 days

Question 30

Elliptical and/or oddly shaped rocky bodies due to collisions with one another.

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Asteroids

Question 31

Found in main belt, Trojans, scattered disc, & Kuiper belt.

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Asteroids

Question 32

1st moon from Jupiter at a distance of 421,600 km.

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Io

Question 33

This planet is the 1st from the Sun

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Mercury

Question 34

This planet is the 4th from the Sun.

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Mars

Question 35

Saturn has a revolution around the Sun of

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10,759.2 days

Question 36

Higher mountains, far deeper canyons than Earth, temperature ranges similar to Earth.

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Mars

Question 37

Jupiter’s 2nd largest moon, cratered surface, ice, thin atmosphere.

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Callisto

Question 38

Has a red spot giant storm raging 300 years, has no solid surface

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Jupiter

Question 39

Spins on its side, has a large rocky core, almost identical to Neptune, has dark rings, cold.

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Uranus

Question 40

Frozen chunks of gases, rock, dust debris & a frozen nucleus or rocky core with a gaseous tail.

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Comets

Question 41

This planet has atmosphere and temperature ranges which allow life, has liquid water.

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Earth

Question 42

The Sun is located close to the _________ of Orion’s Arm in the Milky Way Galaxy

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inner rim

Question 43

The Sun is mostly composed of ___________ that changes to helium during nuclear fusion.

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Hydrogen

6th grade Unit 8 Test- Solar System

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6th grade Unit 8 Test- Solar System

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