Grade 6 Space Assessment 2024

Which of the following is the best evidence to suggest the Big Bang Theory is correct?

• Detected radiation from satellites

• Interviews from scientists

• The crater formations on the Moon

• Observation of an explosion

What is the shape of Earth's orbit?

• Circle

• Sideways

• Oval

• Parallelogram

How long does it take Earth to make one rotation?

• 365.25 days

• 12hrs

• 24hrs

• 10hrs

Which of the following is NOT a moon phase?

• Waining Cresent

• New Moon

• Full Gibbous

• First Quarter

This scientist discovered some of the earliest evidence that The Big Bang Theory is correct. There's even a telescope named after him!

• Edwin Hubble

• Georges Lemaitre

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Stephen Hawking

This theory claims that there wasn't necessarily a beginning of the universe, but that matter always existed

• Creation

• Big Bang

• Oscillation

• Steady State

She was the first American woman launched into space during the Space Shuttle era

• Christa McAuliffe

• Sally Ride

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Jessica Meir

True or False: The International Space Station was completed in the year 2011

• True

• False

This theory provides the most scientific evidence of how the universe was most likely created

• Steady State

• Creation

• Oscillation

• Big Bang

Which of the following is NOT a name of a Space Shuttle

• Colombia

• Endeavour

• Artemis

• Discovery