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Solar System Review
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Review concepts on the solar system for 6th grade science TEKS 6.11
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1
Choose an example of a
natural
satellite
the Earth
the ISS orbiting Earth
moon orbiting Earth
a space probe
2
The outer planets are mostly...
rocky and terrestrial.
warm.
made out of gas.
closer to the sun.
3
The Earth __________ around the sun
dances
rotates
revolves
spins
4
The four inner planets are...
Goofy, Donald, Mickey and Pluto
sun, moon, star, asteroid
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
5
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once?
365 days
24 hours
1 month
12 months
6
Who discovered Jupiter's 4 largest moons?
Copernicus
Newton
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Galileo
7
What holds our solar system together and keeps it from flying apart?
Gravity
Inertia
Centrifugal Force
Momentum
8
Remains of meteoroids that strike the Earth or moon
meteorites
meteors
pickles
meteoroids
9
What separates the inner planet of Mars from the outer planet of Jupiter?
The comet belt
Meteor Showers
The Oort Cloud
The Asteroid Belt
10
This force causes planets to travel along the curved orbit around the sun instead of flying off
speed
Electromagnetic attraction
Gravity
force field
11
Something that goes around or orbits another object
satellite
comet
gravity
sun
12
The inner planets are classified as
solid, rocky and terrestrial
farther from the sun than outer planets
balls of gas
containing water
13
Large metallic objects that are clustered in bands called belts
diamonds
planets
meteoroids
asteroids
14
The Earth makes a complete rotation in
365.25 days
30 days
24 hours
one year
15
The four Galilean Moons (Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede) orbit around which planet?
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Mars
16
All the planets in the solar system have about the same
mass
density
shape
composition
17
Mrs. Gant's two main rules are; work hard and
brush your teeth
eat your veggies
be kind
be lazy
18
Objects in the sky or in space such as planets, moons and stars
asteroid belt
Saturn's rings
celestial objects
inner planets
19
What are comets made of?
ice, frozen gases and rock
solid rock
slime
hot gasses
20
What is at the center of our solar system?
The Asteroid Belt
A black hole
The sun
The Earth
21
List the four outer planets.
Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus
Post, Jonas, Drake, Ariana
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto
22
The region between the inner and outer planets is called the
meteoroid belt
lala land
asteroid belt
black belt
23
A chunk of rock or dust existing outside of Earth's atmosphere
meteorite
Meteors
Dwarf Planets
Meteoroid
24
The two types of planetary motion are
revolve
and
rotate
. What is rotation?
A comet flying towards the sun from the Ort cloud.
A planet circling around the sun.
A planet spinning around its axis.
An asteroid drifting along the asteroid belt.
25
Earth's moon and the Galilean moons both
have a dark side
orbit a planet
have an oxygen atmoshere
have water
26
a rocky object which has entered Earth's atmosphere and burns up.
Comet
Dwarf Star
Meteor
Asteroid
27
Which statement does NOT describe the sun?
a mega star
the only star in the solar system
produces light and heat
a medium sized star
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The composition of the sun is best described as...
a burning ball of gas.
molten, boiling iron and gas.
solid and rocky.
glowing particles of dust.
