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Astronomy Part 2 Review (6th Grade Sci.)
Astronomy Part 2 Review (6th Grade Sci.)
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On the planets and Solar system #planets #solarsystem #comets # oort cloud #meteors #asteroids
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I have large rings of ice, gas and dust; I'm the second largest planet in the solar system...
Venus
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
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What happens to a comet as it gets close to the sun?
It explodes.
It melts and disappears.
It forms long tails made of gas and dust.
It turnd into an asteroid.
3
The geocentric model of the solar system puts the/a ______ at the center of the solar system.
Earth
Sun
Black hole
Jupiter
4
The name used for a small rocky body orbiting a larger body (planet)
Moon
Meteor
Comet
Satellite
5
I am the windiest planet.
Neptune
Uranus
Mars
Venus
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I span the gap between Jupiter and Mars, I wouldn't fly a ship through this debris...
Asteroid Belt
Kuiper Belt
Oort Cloud
Nebula
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Another name for a shooting star is a
meteoroid
meteorite
comet
meteor
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All planets revolve
counter-clockwise
clockwise
9
I orbit the sun in highly elliptical patterns, with a long tail of evaporating ice behind me...
Meteor
Meteorite
Comet
Asteroid
10
Which planet has a similar tilt to Earth's tilt?
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Uranus
11
The galaxies are moving closer together.
True
False
12
I have 70% of my surface covered in water, support life and have a mostly N & O atmosphere.
Pluto
Mars
Earth
Jupiter
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I'm the largest planet, have lots moons & have a swirling gas storm called the red eye...
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
Neptune
14
What is the shape of Milky Way Galaxy?
Obtuse
Spiral
Irregular
Elliptical
15
I am almost the same size as Earth with a thick CO2 atmosphere that traps heat, making it REALLY hot!
Uranus
Neptune
Jupiter
Venus
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I start out smaller than an asteroid and get my name AFTER hitting Earth...
Meteor
Meteorite
Meteoroid
Comet
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I am a small dense planet that orbits closest to the sun...
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Pluto
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I rotate differently than the others, have a thin ring of debris, and am the 7th of 8...
Neptune
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
19
I surround the solar system in a blanket of dust, comets and asteroids
Kuiper Belt
Pluto
Oort Cloud
Nebula
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I'm very cold, gaseous, and the color blue. They call me an ice giant, furthest from the sun...
Jupiter
Pluto
Uranus
Neptune
21
Who believed in a Heliocentric Universe but was unable to prove it?
Kepler
Copernicus
Newton
Galileo
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The Big Bang explains the origin of ________.
the universe.
the sun.
the solar system.
the galaxy.
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True or False? All planets have the same length of rotation.
False
True
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The Milky Way is the galaxy in which our solar system is located.
True
False
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All planets revolve around the
moon
Earth
Sun
Asteroid Belt
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I'm the red planet, have CO2 ice caps, extinct volcanoes, and it's believe I once had water...
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Earth
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I have a highly elliptical orbit and scientist say I'm not a planet, but like an asteroid
Pluto
Mercury
Hubble
Neptune
28
Which theory did Galileo prove was wrong?
Heliocentric
Big Bang
Egocentric
Geocentric
29
Most asteroids are between the orbits of
Venus and Earth
Jupiter and Saturn
Earth and Mars
Mars and Jupiter
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What is the main difference between meteoroids and asteroids?
Asteroids are pieces of comets and meteoroids are pieces of space debris
Asteroids are generally bigger than meteoroids
Asteroids are only found in the "belt"
Meteoroids are generally bigger than asteroids
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What is meteorite?
a fragment of rock from space that hits Earth's surface
a streak of light caused by a moving star
a small space particle burning up in Earth's atmosphere
a lump of rock that orbits the sun
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What planet rotates on its side?
Venus
Neptune
Uranus
Mars
