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Worksheets6th grade Unit 8 Celestial Objects, Gravity, & Space Exploration
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What object creates a streak of light as it enters Earth’s atmosphere?
a)
meteoroid
b)
asteroid
c)
comet
d)
planet
2.
What force keeps objects in our solar system orbiting our Sun?
a)
push
b)
gravity
c)
motion
d)
pull
3.
President John F Kennedy set a space exploration goal for our county to go where?
a)
pluto
b)
sun
c)
moon
d)
mars
4.
As a planet’s distance from the Sun increases the planet's temperature (increases or decreases).
a)
increases
b)
decreases
5.
Unlike previous space mission the space shuttle was unique because it could be landed like an ________________________ and be reused.
a)
boat
b)
car
c)
airplane
d)
capsule
6.
In 1972 what space mission was responsible for getting a man on the moon?
a)
Challenger
b)
Voyager
c)
Gemini
d)
Apollo
7.
What scientist use a telescope to observe the night sky and led to him being called the father of astronomy?
a)
Gaileo
b)
Einstein
c)
Dr. Tyson
d)
Dr. Wernher von Brauun
8.
How is Jupiter able to have so many moons orbiting it?
a)
it's orbit
b)
it's distance from the Sun
c)
it's speed
d)
it's gravitational pull
9.
What substance so we look for on other celestial objects in the hopes that its presence may mean life is possible on this celestial objects?
a)
oxygen
b)
water
c)
carbon
d)
sunlight
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