6th grade chapter four study guide astronomy

Question 1

This planet spins with a retrograde rotation.

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 2

According to the theory of some, what moon originated when a planet sized body collided with Earth.

Accepted Answer

Luna

Question 3

Which number is Saturn from the sun?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 4

This moon is larger than the planet Mercury

Accepted Answer

Ganymede

Question 5

This moon is oddly shaped and may be a captured asteroid.

Accepted Answer

Phobos

Question 6

This moon seems, to some, to have broken apart and been pieced back together by gravity.

Accepted Answer

Miranda

Question 7

This planets is know for its spectacular ring system.

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Question 8

Why are the inner planets called terrestrial planets?

Accepted Answer

because they resemble Earth

Question 9

This moon is the largest satellite relative to the size of its planet

Accepted Answer

Charon

Question 10

This is the smallest planet in the solar system

Accepted Answer

Pluto

Question 11

Why do some think it is necessary to study smaller bodies such as comets or asteroids?

Accepted Answer

They help us learn the history of our solar system

Question 12

Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth?

Accepted Answer

because its period of rotation equals its period of revolution

Question 13

What is the most useful unit for measuring distances within the solar system?

Accepted Answer

the astronomical unit

Question 14

Why do active planets generally have fewer impacts than bodies like the moon?

Accepted Answer

because geological activity removes their effects

Question 15

This planet's year is only 88 Earth days long

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 16

This planet is the only known planet to contain unintelligent life as we know it.

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 17

What is the current theory of some about the origins of the moon?

Accepted Answer

the moon resulted when a large body struck Earth

Question 18

What is one way that gas giants differ from the terrestrial planets?

Accepted Answer

their atmosphers are massive

Question 19

Which number represents the orbit of Venus from the Sun?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 20

Why don&#x27;t solar and lunar eclipses occur every month?

Accepted Answer

The moon&#x27;s orbit is tilted

Question 21

Between which two orbits is the asteroid belt located?

Accepted Answer

Mars and Jupiter

Question 22

This moon revolves around its planet ina retrograde orbit.

Accepted Answer

Triton

Question 23

Beyond what planets are the comets of the Kuiper Belt found?

Accepted Answer

outside the orbit of Neptune

Question 24

What is the evidence that Mars once had liquid water?

Accepted Answer

features that resemble dry riverbeds

Question 25

This planet had a storm system called the Great Dark Spot.

Accepted Answer

Neptune

6th grade chapter four study guide astronomy

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6th grade chapter four study guide astronomy

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