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6th grade Solar System Review
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How has technology helped us understand the solar system?
Helps us keep our models up to date
Keeps us collecting new data on the solar system.
Helps us keep our tools and resources updated
We continue to make new discoveries
2
Which planet is the largest in our solar system?
Earth
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
3
Methane gas gives which of the planets its distinctive blue color?
Neptune
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
4
Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Mercury
Saturn
Venus
5
The sun is a star.
True
False
6
Which is the correct order of inner planets starting from the planet closest to the sun.
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars
7
Copernicus and Galileo believed the sun was the center of our solar system, or the heliocentric system.
True
False
8
Which planet rotates on its side?
Saturn
Uranus
Jupiter
Neptune
9
How many planets are in our solar system?
11
9
8
10
10
Which of the planets in our solar system is the only one that supports life?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Earth
11
Which is the correct order of the outer planets?
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
12
Planets with _______ mass have more moons.
less
rings
equal
more
13
The four inner planets are the rocky planets.
True
False
14
What keeps the planets from falling?
Aliens
Satellites
Gravity
Astronauts
15
The inner planets are warmer.
True
False
16
Which of the dwarf planets was considered a planet until 2006?
Makemake
Pluto
Eris
Ceres
17
What forms a planet?
The temperature changing.
Gases pulling rocks together.
Comets running into each other.
Gravity pulling dust and gas together.
18
What must a moon orbit around?
sun
asteroid belt
a planet
gravity
19
Which of the outer planets is known for having the most rings around it?
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
20
What is an asteroid?
A large rocky object that orbits the sun
Part of Saturn's rings
Small rocks that burn up when they enter the atmosphere.
“Dirty snowball” that orbits the sun.
21
The outer planets are also called the gas giants.
True
False
