6th Grade Science Benchmark Q2 Review

Front

What is the correct order of planets from the sun?

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (X)

Front

The Earth's ______ turns on its axis and causes night and day.

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Rotation

Front

The Earth's ______ moves in an orbital path, causes seasons and takes one year to complete.

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Revolution

Front

Approximate distance from the sun to Earth.

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Astronomical Unit

Front

A small body that circles the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

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Asteroid

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An imaginary line that passes from pole to pole through the center of a planet.

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Axis

Front

A big ball of dirty ice and snow in space.

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Comet

Front

The attraction that one object has for another due to gravity.

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Gravitational Pull

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The distant light can travel in one year.

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Light Year

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The path a planet follows around the sun.

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Orbit