Space Review 6th Grade

What is the purpose of an uncrewed spacecraft mission?

• To save expenses

• Uncrewed missions put lives at risk

• To know that the mission is safe

• To travel in uncharted territory

In the picture, a student is using a string, a ball and a hollow tube for a handle, to show the motion in our solar system. What does the string represent?

• a star

• force of gravity

• a planet

• the moon

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What is a telescope used for?

• To make long distance calls

• Helps us see the surface features in space

• Gives us the temperature in space

• Tells us what the planets are made of

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If gravitational force was removed from earth, which of the following statements would be true?

• There would be no effects

• Everything would fall off of the earth and the moon would fall too.

• The moon would leave its orbit and move into outer space.

• The moon would orbit faster around the earth

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Which list correctly lists the characteristics of a planet?

• -Orbits the sun

  -Is round in shape

  -Has "cleared the neighborhood"

• -Orbits a planet

  -Is round in shape

  -Has "cleared the neighborhood"

• -Orbits the Sun

  -Is not round in shape

  -Has not "cleared the neighborhood'

Which list correctly describes the characteristics of an Asteroid?

• -Orbits the sun

  -Is round in shape

  -Has "cleared the neighborhood"

• -Orbits the sun

  -Is not round in shape

  -Has not "cleared the neighborhood"

• -Orbits a planet

  -Is round in shape

  -Has "cleared the neighborhood"

What is the light of a meteoroid entering earth called?

• Meteor

• asteroid light

• meteorite

• comet

As objects in space drift apart, what happens to the gravitational attraction between them?

• it increases

• it decreases

• it stays the same because its space

• it decreases and increases at the same time

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In the next decade the U.S. will most likely explore space-

• in a spacecraft that is operated by batteries

• by sending uncrewed missions to explore the sun

• no spaces explorations are planned due to covid

• by sending crewed missions to the moon

Which of the following is NOT true about gravity?

• It exists only between earth and the sun, because the sun is a medium sized star

• It exists between all objects in the solar system

• Gravity is a force

• It affects objects that touch each other and objects that don't touch each other

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