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Solar System review for 6th Graders (according to the UTAH state core)
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How did we find out there are RING systems on all four Jovian Planets?
Galileo saw them
Aliens told us
Voyager Space Probe
The Hubble Space Telescope
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What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?
space glue called nebulae
the mass of the sun
the gravitational pull of all the planets
a massive black hole sucking it all in
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What is NOT a characteristic of VENUS?
It is the deadly goddess of beautry
covered in craters, mountains, and volcanic lava flows
it is the 5th biggest planet
it's thick atmosphere traps heat so it is the hottest
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What is the largest planet in the Solar System?
Saturn
Uranus
Mercury
Jupiter
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Where are asteroids found?
In the movies like "The Good Dinosaur" and "Deep Impact"
ONLY between Mars and Jupiter
Nowhere in the Solar System
All over the Solar System
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Which planet doesn't have a moon?
Venus
Mars
Earth
Pluto
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What is an Astronomical Unit?
A very long way
The distance from the Sun to Earth
A unit used to measure stuff in space
8 minutes at the speed of light
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Which is NOT a characteristic of a DWARF Planet?
great enough gravity to clear the area of space junk
orbit around the sun
bigger than Pluto
be spherical in shape
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How many planets are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)?
13 (8 plus five dwarfs)
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They still don't know
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Which is NOT a reason that makes space travel difficult for people?
it is impossible to escape Earth's gravity
very dangerous
It cost a lot of money
things are too far apart / takes too long
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Which is NOT a reason why we couldn't live on Venus?
super hot
killer LAVA flows
deadly ACID mist
thick CRUSHING atmosphere
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What is RIGHT with this model of the Solar System?
The planes are all in a line
The distance between the planets
The size of the planets
The order of the planets from the sun
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If the sun disappeared, what would the solar system be like?
Very dark and cold
very different than it is now
the same as it is now
All the planets would go spinning off into space
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If you looked back at the Solar System from Pluto, what would the sun look like?
nothing, its too far away
a barely visible star
a bright star
a huge ball of burning gas
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Which is NOT a characteristic of Saturn?
It is the second biggest planet
It has less mass than Earth
It has thousands of rings
It has a rocky surface
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The closer the planet is to the sun, the faster is revolves!
False
True
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Which is NOT a way early astronomers used to observe the night sky?
The planet movements
The constellations
Telescopes
Hot air balloons
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What has become a major barrier to sky watching through telescopes?
too many airplanes
iPads and Aps are way better
too many city lights
too many satellites
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What is NOT a characteristic of Mercury?
nearest planet to sun
Rocky
one moon
88 Earth Day Year
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What is NOT a characteristic of Jupiter?
It's giant red storm is over 300 years old
It is nearly the size of the sun
Is a Jovian Planet
It has a ring system
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Which is NOT a characteristic of Neptune?
The farthest planet from the sun
has more moons than Uranus
The smallest gaseous giant
Great Dark Spot is a storm
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Which is NOT a characteristic of Uranus?
It has the second most rings of all the planets
Methane gas causes it to appear blue in color
The fourth largest planet in the Solar System
It has an axial tilt
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What is NOT a tool that a modern astronomer has used to explore the solar system?
space probes
alien technologies
manned space exploration
a radio telescope
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Which is NOT a characteristic of MARS?
Rusty rocks cover the surface
It has two moons that are thought to be captured asteroids
Has polar ice caps of frozen water and carbon dioxide
It has NO atmopshere
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What is NOT true about a comet?
They form out in the Kuiper Belt
The tail always points away from the sun
They have head and a tail
The destroyed all the dinosaurs
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What is a meteorite?
a bit of rock in space
a meteor that has hit the earth
a small asteroid
a shooting star
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Which planet has the MOST moons (according to NASA today)?
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
Uranus
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Why was PLUTO demoted to a dwarf planet?
It had too many moons
too many small planets were discovered
it had too much ice on it
Eris was discovered
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What is NOT a reason it took Pluto over 85 years to be photographed?
the solar system is a big place
It is way out there
It was only a dwarf planet
No probe had been programed for a fly by
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What is a celestial object?
an exalted being
any object smaller than a planet
An angel
all the different objects that make up our universe
