SOL 6th Grade Review (Solar System)

Copernicus and Galileo believed that what body was at the center of the universe?

• The Earth

• The sun

• Jupiter

• Milky Way Galaxy

Seasons are caused by the _________ at which sunlight strikes the surface of the Earth due to Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun.

• speed

• tilt

• angle

• time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Our solar system consists of -

• the sun

• moons and planets

• the sun and planets

• the sun, planets, moons, meteors, and asteroids.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field help protect the Earth from -

• most of the sun's damaging rays

• some of the sun's rays and cosmic rays

• meteors and asteroids

• alien communication

The "gas" planets are -

• planets not in the Milky Way Galaxy

• the planets in the middle

• the outermost planets

• the innermost planets

Earth is one of _____ planets that revolve around our sun.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

Earth's rotation causes what?

• The days of the week.

• Day and night.

• The seasons.

• Tides.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What force keeps the planets in motion around the sun?

• Light

• Heat

• Work

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Earth is the ______ planet from the sun.

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

Earth is one of four _______ planets

• rocky inner

• hot and dry

• gaseous

• wet