6.ESS.3 The Solar System Question Preview (ID: 49537)
6th Grade Earth Science Standard 3.
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Which planet is characterized by a solid surface surrounded by a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide?
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Earth
d) Mars
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars
Planetary orbits are....
a) predictable
b) random
c) not random but too complicated to model
d) unstable
Which celestial body has the longest orbit?
a) Earth
b) Mercury
c) Venus
d) the moon
What keeps the objects of the Solar System in orbit around the Sun?
a) gravity
b) mass
c) inertia
d) energy
A Solar System is defined as.....
a) a group of objects orbiting a star
b) a group of stars that are orbiting other stars
c) an object orbiting any other object
d) an object orbiting a planetary body
Gravity increases with.....
a) mass
b) distance
c) speed
d) accelleration
A small rocky object orbiting the sun is called a(n).....
a) asteroid
b) galaxy
c) moon
d) comet
Which planet has liquid water in all three states?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars
Name the planet that is rocky, has NO moons and is hottest in the solar system?
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Earth
d) Mars
What object orbits the Earth?
a) moon
b) Sun
c) Mercury
d) Venus
A planet's orbit depends on....
a) the age of the planet
b) the magnetic field of the planet
c) the composition of the planet
d) the gravitational force between the Sun and the planet
Which celestial body in our solar system has the most gravitational pull?
a) Jupiter
b) Earth
c) Sun
d) moon
All planetary orbits are.....
a) elliptical
b) spherical
c) circular
d) egg shaped
What planet has water, oxygen, poles and is rocky?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Earth
d) Mars
What is considered the center of our Solar System?
a) Sun
b) Moon
c) Earth
d) Pulsar
Where is the asteroid belt located?
a) between Earth and Mars
b) between Mercury and Venus
c) between Venus and Earth
d) between Mars and Jupiter
Which is the correct order of the inner planets?
a) Mercury, Venus,Earth, Mars,
b) Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
c) Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
d) Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars
The moon is held in orbit around the Earth by.....
a) friction
b) gravitational pull
c) reflection of sunlight
d) lunar thrust
Gravity decreases with.....
a) mass
b) speed
c) distance
d) accelleration
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