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Questions based on the Virginia 6th grade Solar System SOL
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1
What is the smallest planet?
I do not know
Pluto
Mars
Mercury
2
What is an asteroid?
a chunk of ice and dust that orbits the Sun
I do not know
an irregularly shaped rock that orbits the Sun
a small chunk of rock or dust in space
3
What do the outer planets have in common?
I do not know
composition
Proximity to the Sun
gravitational pull
4
The sun is a ball of hydrogen and helium gases.
TRUE
FALSE
I do not know
5
Which scientist had the correct theory about how the solar system is arranged?
Kepler
I do not know
Aristotle
Copernicus
6
The hottest planet in our solar system is -
Jupiter
Venus
I do not know
Mercury
7
Which country was the first to launch an artificial satellite?
I do not know
Soviet Union
U.S.A
England
8
Which inner planet has a poisonous atmosphere made of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid?
I do not know
Mercury
Mars
Venus
9
Which body in the solar system usually contains an atmosphere?
a planet
a meteor
a comet
an asteroid
10
What do the inner planets have in common?
composition
proximity to the Sun
gravitational pull
I do not know
11
What is the largest planet?
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
I do not know
12
What did Kepler add to our understanding of the solar system?
That each planet has gravity
He invented the first telescope that could see into space
That the planets revolve around the Sun
That the planets have elliptical orbits
13
What is the only object in our solar system that produces its own light?
Sun
I do not know
Moon
Comet
14
Early Greeks believed in a - .
geocentric system
monolithic system
I do not know
heliocentric system
15
Where is the asteroid belt located?
between Mars and Jupiter
between Earth and Mars
between Jupiter and Saturn
I do not know
16
What is a meteor?
a meteoroid that is burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
I do not know
a chunk of ice and dust that orbits the Sun
a small chunk of rock or dust in space
17
Who was the first person to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969?
I do not know
John Young
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
18
Which planet has a rotation backwards from all the other planets?
Venus
Mercury
Earth
I do not know
19
The sun, planets, moons, comets, meteors, and ________ are all included in our Solar System
I do not know
meteorites
asteroids
meteroids
20
Who was the first man in space?
Neil Armstrong
Sergey Volkov
I do not know
Yuri Gagarin
21
What is the shape of the orbits of the planets?
circular
elliptical
I do not know
conical
22
What two factors affect the force of gravity between two objects in space?
the orbit of each object and the acceleration between the objects
the mass of an object and the distance between the objects
the mass of an object and the distance of each from the Sun
I do not know
23
What causes Mars to have a reddish surface?
mostly made of oxygen
mostly made of iron oxide
mostly made of rock
I do not know
24
Galileo invented the telescope.
False
True
I do not know
25
The sun gets its energy from _________.
nuclear fusion
I do not know
nuclear fission
atomic energy
26
What is a comet?
an irregularly shaped rock that orbits the Sun
a small chunk of rock or dust in space
I do not know
a chunk of ice and dust that orbits the Sun
27
Which US president launched a huge space exploration program?
Lyndon Johnson
John Kennedy
I do not know
Dwight Eisenhower
28
Which country was the first to launch a man into space?
China
United States
Soviet Union
I do not know
29
Why were dogs sent into space before they sent humans?
to see if they would survive the conditions
The USSR wanted to win the Space Race
I do not know
It was less expensive
30
The __________ is defined as all of space and time, and everything in it.
Galaxy
Universe
Earth
Solar System
31
Which early astronomer believed in the geocentric model of the solar system?
Kepler
Aristotle
Galileo
Copernicus
32
Which planet has water in solid, liquid, and gas states?
Mercury
Earth
I do not know
Mars
33
How far have humans explored space?
I do not know
Jupiter
The Moon
The Earth
34
Which planet seems to be tipped on its side?
Saturn
Jupiter
I do not know
Uranus
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What two factors combine to keep the planets in orbit?
gravity and rotation
I do not know
gravity and mass
gravity and inertia
