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Solar System Review TEKS 6.11
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Review concepts on the solar system for 6th grade science TEKS 6.11
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When did the space shuttle mission end?
2011
1980
2000
1999
2
What is the name of the 1st US Satellite to be successfully launched?
Apollo II
Explorer I
Sputnik
Gemini
3
What planet is tilted on its side, has a ring system, and is 2.8 billion Km from the sun?
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Uranus
4
The two types of planetary motion are
revolve
and
rotate
. What is rotation?
A planet spinning around its axis.
An asteroid drifting along the asteroid belt.
A comet flying towards the sun from the Ort cloud.
A planet circling around the sun.
5
Why aren't there any impact craters or other surface features on the outer planets?
They are made out of molten metals and rocks.
They are so cold their surface is frozen solid.
They are made out of gas.
They weren't hit by asteroids or comets.
6
The four Galilean Moons (Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede) orbit around which planet?
Mercury
Jupiter
Earth
Venus
7
What was the goal of Dr. Goddard's rocket mission?
Get a human to the moon
Send a space craft to the edge of the solar system
Show that liquid fuel can be used as rocket fuel
Get a rover to Mars
8
What is a small object that hits our atmosphere and burns up?
Dwarf Star
Asteroid
Comet
Meteor
9
What is at the center of our solar system?
The Asteroid Belt
A black hole
The sun
The Earth
10
Which planet has the longest year?
Jupiter
Neptune
Earth
Venus
11
What mission had the goal to explore space, explore the moon, and put humans on the moon?
Mercury
Apollo
Explorer
Gemini
12
Which planet has the longest day?
Mars
Neptune
Jupiter
Venus
13
Who discovered the four Galilean Moons of Jupiter?
Nicolaus Capernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Walter Raleigh
Galileo Galilei
14
How much larger is the sun than the Earth?
they are the same size
the Earth is larger than the sun
1 million times bigger
5 times bigger
15
How many planets are in our solar system?
10
7
9
8
16
What was the goal of the Mercury Mission?
Orbit a human around Earth
Discovery whether humans could survive in space
Return a ship safely to Earth from space
All of these choices
17
To predict when a comet will collide with a planet it is important to understand what?
You need to know what a planet is made out of.
You need to know how comets are formed.
You need to understand how magnets attract objects.
You need to understand how gravity attracts objects.
18
Which mission's goal is to explore Mars and search for conditions that could support life?
Mars Curiosity Rover
Mars Lander II
Apollo
Voyager
19
Who was the first human on the moon?
Galileo
Buzz Aldren
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Lightyear
20
What did they call women who calculated the landing and orbit of rockets in the 1940s-1960s?
Human Computers
Astronomers
Mathers
Researchers
21
Which planet is largest?
Saturn
Earth
Neptune
Jupiter
22
Who discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons?
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Copernicus
Magellan
Galileo
23
Which of these changes would likely occur if the Earth started rotating faster?
The day would get shorter.
The year would get shorter.
The year would get longer.
The seasons would get longer.
24
What mission took astronauts to the moon?
The Challenger Spacecraft Mission
The Eagle Rover Mission
The Apollo 11 Mission
The Curiosity Expedition
25
What are Saturn's rings made out of?
Dust Particles
Rocks
All of the above
Ice
26
When was the first moon landing?
1925
1972
1983
1969
27
Who first used a telescope to look at the planets in our solar system?
Copernicus
Buzz Aldren
Buzz Lightyear
Galileo
28
Based on the data, which planet has a similar size as Earth?
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Neptune
29
Which planet is the hottest?
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
Mercury
30
What force causes Venus to travel along the curved orbit around the sun instead of flying off?
Electromagnetic attraction between the sun and Venus
Gravity attraction between the sun and Venus
Gravity attracting between Mercury and the sun
Mercury's magnetic field.
31
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Jupiter
32
What type of Small Body orbits the sun, is made of bits of rocks and ice, and has a long tail?
Asteroids
Comets
Dwarf Planets
Meteors
33
What separates the inner planet of Mars from the outer planet of Jupiter?
The Oort Cloud
Meteor Showers
The Asteroid Belt
The comet belt
34
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once? Make one full revolution?
Rotate: 12 months, Revolve: 1 month
Rotate: 365 days, Revolve: 24hrs
Rotate: 1 month, Revolve: 1 day
Rotate: 24hrs, Revolve: 365 days
35
What holds our solar system together and keeps it from flying apart?
Momentum
Centrifugal Force
Inertia
Gravity
36
______ is a super hot glowing ball of helium and hydrogen gas.
The moon
The Sun
Asteroids
Comets
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How many moons does Earth have?
5
20
1
2
