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6th grade Solar System Review
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1
Where is the asteroid belt located?
between Mars and Jupiter
between Jupiter and Saturn
between Uranus and Neptune
between Earth and Mars
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The moon has no atmosphere, no weather, and only 1/2 of Earth gravity.
FALSE
TRUE
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Which country was the first to launch an artificial satellite?
U.S.A
Soviet Union
England
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Who was the first person to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969?
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
John Young
Charles Duke
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What is Revolution?
The turn on an axis
Orbit around a central point
moving in a straight line toward something
spinning in place
6
Which planet has a rotation backwards from all the other planets?
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
7
What is Day and night is caused by?
The revolution of the Earth
The revolution of the moon
The rotation of the moon
The rotation of the Earth
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How long does it take for the Earth to ROTATE on its axis?
24 hours
2 days
1 year
28 days
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What planet is NOT one of the OUTER gaseous planets
Neptune
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
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How long does it take for the Earth to REVOLVE around the Sun?
1 year
24 hours
28 days
2 days
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A massive group of rocks and debris left over from formation of the solar system
Meteor Meeting
Planetary Pit
Kuiper Belt
Asteroid Belt
12
The sun, planets, moons, comets, meteors, and ________ are all included in our Solar System
asteroids
Fision
meteroids
meteorites
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What occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun?
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Full Moon
New Moon
14
How far have humans physically explored space?
Jupiter
The Moon
The sun
The Earth
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What country sent the first man into space?
England
U.S.A
Soviet Union
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What is a meteoroid?
a chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun
a meteoroid that is burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
a rock almost planet sized that orbits the sun
a small chunk of rock or dust in space
17
Planets and their moons stay in orbit because of
Air
Fusion
Fission
Gravity
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What is the only object in our solar system that produces its own light?
Sun
Earth
Moon
Comet
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What does ROTATE mean?
to move in a straight line
to go around a central point
to turn on its own axis
20
What is the largest planet?
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
21
Name the natural satellite of Earth
Mars
a meteor
the Moon
Venus
22
Moons are known to be
Artificial Satellites
Orbiters
Pretty
Natural Satellites
23
An object that burns fuel and expels exhaust in order to lift the space shuttle to orbit.
Space Shuttle
Space Probe
Orbiter
Rocket
24
What causes Mars to have a reddish surface?
mostly made of oxygen
mostly made of iron oxide (rust)
mostly made of helium
mostly made of rock
25
Which planet has a reddish surface?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Earth
26
What planet is NOT considered an INNER planet?
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Earth
27
A dwarf planet on the edge of the Kuiper Belt
Io
Mars
Pluto
Mercury
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What is an asteroid?
a rock almost planet sized that orbits the sun
a small chunk of rock or dust in space
a chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun
a meteoroid that is burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
29
The sun is a ball of hydrogen and helium gases.
FALSE
TRUE
30
What causes tides?
the suns gravitational pull
the moon phases
the moons gravitational pull
Earths gravitational pull on itself
31
What is a meteor?
a chunk of ice anddust that orbits the sun
a meteoroid that isburning up in Earth’s atmosphere
a rock almost planetsized that orbits the sun
a small chunk of rock or dust in space
32
What is the shape of the orbits of the planets?
straight
nuclear
ellipitical
zig zag
33
The planet with a very thick atmosphere that holds in the heat of the sun- hottest planet
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Mars
34
Which planet seems to be tipped on its side?
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
35
Which planet has water in solid, liquid, and gas states?
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Venus
36
A Jovian planet that has such a low density it would float in water.
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
37
What is the smallest planet?
Mars
Earth
Mercury
Venus
38
How far have space probes explored?
Beyond our Solar System
The Sun
All of the Milky Way
The moon
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What is a comet?
a small chunk of rock or dust in space
a rock almost planet sized that orbits the sun
a chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun
a meteoroid that is burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
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What object is a ball of dirty ice that has a tail always pointing away from the sun?
Meteor
Comet
Asteroid
Satellite
