Duplicate of 6th grade Solar System Review

Question 1

How long does it take for the Earth to REVOLVE around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

1 year

Question 2

What planet is NOT considered an INNER planet?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 3

What occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Solar Eclipse

Question 4

What is Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Orbit around a central point

Question 5

The moon has no atmosphere, no weather, and only 1/2 of Earth gravity.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 6

The phases of the moon, eclipses, and tides are caused by

Accepted Answer

The position of the Earth, Sun, and Moon

Question 7

What is the only object in our solar system that produces its own light?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 8

Where is the asteroid belt located?

Accepted Answer

between Mars and Jupiter

Question 9

Which planet has a rotation backwards from all the other planets?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 10

Planets and their moons stay in orbit because of

Accepted Answer

Gravity

Question 11

What is the smallest planet?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 12

Which planet has a reddish surface?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 13

What country sent the first man into space?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 14

What is a meteor?

Accepted Answer

a meteoroid that isburning up in Earth’s atmosphere

Question 15

Which country was the first to launch an artificial satellite?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 16

Which planet seems to be tipped on its side?

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Question 17

What is the shape of the orbits of the planets?

Accepted Answer

ellipitical

Question 18

What causes Mars to have a reddish surface?

Accepted Answer

mostly made of iron oxide (rust)

Question 19

What is an asteroid?

Accepted Answer

a rock almost planet sized that orbits the sun

Question 20

The sun gets its energy from _________.

Accepted Answer

nuclear fusion

Question 21

What is the largest planet?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 22

What causes tides?

Accepted Answer

the moons gravitational pull

Question 23

The sun, planets, moons, comets, meteors, and ________ are all included in our Solar System

Accepted Answer

asteroids

Question 24

What planet is NOT one of the OUTER gaseous planets

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 25

Early Greeks said that the _____ was the center of the universe.

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 26

Name the natural satellite of Earth

Accepted Answer

the Moon

Question 27

What is a meteoroid?

Accepted Answer

a small chunk of rock or dust in space

Question 28

What is Day and night is caused by?

Accepted Answer

The rotation of the Earth

Question 29

Copernicus later said that the __ was the center of the planets?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Question 30

What does ROTATE mean?

Accepted Answer

to turn on its own axis

Question 31

Which planet has water in solid, liquid, and gas states?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 32

How long does it take for the Earth to ROTATE on its axis?

Accepted Answer

24 hours

Question 33

The sun is a ball of hydrogen and helium gases.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 34

What is a comet?

Accepted Answer

a chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun

Duplicate of 6th grade Solar System Review

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Duplicate of 6th grade Solar System Review

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