6th Grade TEKSRSC Unit 8 Test

"Made mostly of ice", fits best under which heading in the Venn diagram?

• Asteroid

• Meteor

• Comet

• Section X

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Which of the following represents characteristics of the four planets closest to the Sun?

• Larger planets

• Gas giants

• Rocky (terrestrial) planets

• 4 or more moons

All of the planets in our solar system have about the same —

• mass

• diameter

• shape

• composition

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Scientists observed an oblong rocky, rotating object orbiting in space. It was 250 km wide. The object is most likely —

• Venus

• the Moon

• Mars

• an asteroid

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He noticed four moons orbiting a planet. What planet was Galileo observing when he discovered the Galilean moons?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Neptune

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What movements are involved in the relationship between the Earth and Sun?

• The Sun rotates around the Earth as it revolves to cause day and night.

• The Sun revolves around the Earth as it rotates to cause day and night.

• The Earth rotates around the Sun as it revolves to cause day and night.

• The Earth revolves around the Sun as it rotates to cause day and night.

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Which of the following represents characteristics of the four planets farthest from the Sun?

• Smaller planets

• Gas giants

• Rocky (terrestrial) planets

• 3 or less moons

Which statement below accurately describes the movement of objects in our solar system?

• The Sun revolves around the planets, and moons rotate around planets.

• The planets revolve around the Sun, and moons revolve around the planets.

• The planets rotate around the Sun, and moons revolve around the planets.

• The moons rotate around planets, and planets revolve around the Sun.

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Which planet takes 88 days to complete a single orbit, the shortest revolution of any planet around the Sun?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Uranus

• Neptune

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The Sun is the center of our solar system. If this system lost the Sun, what would happen to the planets?

• The planets would explode.

• The planets would stop moving.

• The planets would travel on a different path.

• The planets would continue on their same path.

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