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Solar System 6th Grade Review.
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Which is the Earth centered model of the solar system?
a) heliocentric
b) geocentric
c) eccentric
d) Beyonce
What does heliocentric mean?
a) Sun centered
b) Earth centered
c) Moon centered
d) All of the above
Copernicus
a) Geocentric Theory
b) Scientific Method
c) Heliocentric Theory
d) Helium
Who was first to use a telescope to study the solar system?
a) Galileo
b) Kepler
c) Aristotle
d) Copernicus
Who made a geo-helio centric model of the solar system and lost his nose in a dual?
a) Kepler
b) Brahe
c) Hubble
d) Aristotle
He discovered gravity
a) Galileo
b) Brahe
c) Newton
d) Copernicus
What is nuclear fusion?
a) The fusion of combining two or more lighter atoms into a larger one.
b) The splitting of one larger atom to two smaller ones.
c)
d)
What is the process in which two hydrogen atoms become one helium atom?
a) Nuclear Fusion
b) Nuclear Fission
c) Convection
d) Radiation
Where is most of the hydrogen and helium in the Solar System found?
a) the space between planets
b) atmosphere of the outer planets
c) Ooart cloud
d) the Sun
What are solar flares?
a) glowing cloud of gas that arches over the sun's surface
b) violent, explosive release of solar energy
c) colored light produced when charged particles from the solar wind react with Earth's upper atmosphere
d) cooler, dark areas of the photosphere of the sun
What is a prominence?
a) The tug or pull of two (or more) objects on each other. Caused by the way space curves around matter.
b) Huge looping eruptions of gas near sunspots.
c) An object traveling around another object in an orbit.
d) A region in space where gravity is so powerful that it traps light and anything else that gets too close.
Sunspots are _____________
a) solar flares
b) hotter spots on the Sun
c) dark, cool spots on the Sun
d) rocks
Planets in order from the sun
a) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b) Mars, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, Mars
c) Mars, Venus, Earth, Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
d) Venus, Saturn, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
What is the difference between meteors and comets?
a) All of the above
b) Comets are made from rock and frozen ice; meteors are made from rock.
c) Most comets are found outsided the solar system and meteors are found within
d) Meteors can burn up as they enter a planets atmosphere and comets rarely enter a planet’s atmosphere
What's between Mars and Jupiter?
a) empty space
b) asteroid socks
c) asteroid belt
d) comets
Venus has the highest average surface temperature of any planet in the solar system. Which of the following best describes why Venus is so hot?
a) Venus has a thin atmosphere and solar energy reaches the surface easily.
b) The thick atmosphere of Venus reflects most incoming solar energy back into space.
c) Carbon dioxide in Venus’s atmosphere traps solar energy that reaches Venus’s surface.
d) Energy from within Venus is transferred to the surface.
This gas giant named after the Roman god of the sea is the eighth planet from the Sun and the windiest planet.
a) Poseidon
b) Jupiter
c) Neptune
d) Apollo
7. One of the elements found on Mars is iron. Which feature of Mars is a result of iron combining with oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars?
a) the planet’s polar ice
b) the planet’s breathable air
c) the planet’s red color
d) the reactivation of the planet’s volcanoes
What is unique about Uranus?
a) It is the only planet that does not have people living on it.
b) It is the only planet with liquid water.
c) It is the only planet that does not spin around the sun.
d) It is the only planet that spins on its side.
What are asteroids?
a) balls of ice and dust
b) man-made space craft
c) large space rocks
d) none of the above
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