6th Grade Space review

What causes the planets to orbit around the sun?

• chemical attraction

• gravity

• solar wind

• magnetism

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A large rocky body orbiting the sun is most likely

• an asteroid

• a meteriod

• a meteroite

• a comet

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A smaller rocky body orbiting the sun is most likely

• an asteroid

• a meteriod

• a meteroite

• a comet

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A frozen mass of ice and dust that has a tail is most likely

• an asteroid

• a meteriod

• a meteroite

• a comet

What planet does NASA hope to send humans to be next?

• Jupiter

• Pluto

• Mars

• Mercury

Why is there a "dark side" of the moon?

• The moons rotation is twice as fast as it's revolution

• The moons rotation is slower than its revolution

• The moons rotation is faster than it revolution

• The moons rotation and revolution are about the same

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An unmanned spacecraft designed to ANALYZE atmospheric gases and soil is a

• space shuttle

• space probe

• space station

• lunar module

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Gravitational pull causes (select more than 1)

• the planets to orbit the sun

• The moon to orbit the earth

• The sun to orbit the planets

• the sun, moon and planets to orbit earth

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Which planet was the first planet to be seen from a telescope on earth?

• Mars

• Venus

• Saturn

• Jupiter

The SOURCE of gravitational pull in space is

• the mass of the sun

• the size of the moon

• pulling force from other planets

• the distance of the planets

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