Science Unit 6 Test

What causes changes in the way the moon looks

• craters

• atmosphere

• phases

• eclipses

An orbit is

• rotating on an axis

• distance around the solar system

• speed of the moon

• the path one object takes around another object in space

What is a large round object that revolves around a star

• sun

• moon

• planet

• comet

Which represents the rotation of an object

• ball

• floating piece of wood

• top

• hammer

What are the parts of a solar system

• a groups of stars

• a groups of planets

• asteroids

• a star and all the bodies that revolve around it

What causes day on night on Earth

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• comets moving through the atmosphere

• Earth rotating on its axis

What is another word for moon

• comet

• planet

• satellite

• star

What do all planets have In common

• their temperature

• number of moons

• they rotate on an axis

• same atmosphere

Whose work did Galileo prove was correct

• Einstein

• Mr. McCulloch

• Copernicus

• Armstrong

How long does it take for the moon to revolve once around Earth?

• all of Earth's seasons

• one rotation of Earth

• one rotation of the moon

• one revolution of Earth around the sun