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Explorations Science 6th Grade Mid-Term

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How Big is a Solar Mass
a)
The Size of Earth
b)
The size of the Sun
c)
The Size of the star HJ - X1BY976
d)
The size of a 20,000 X 20,000 X 20,000 mile cube
2.
What Are The Two Main Classes of Black holes
a)
Stellar and Supermassive
b)
Micro and Intermediate
c)
Stellar and Intermediate
d)
Intermediate and Supermassive
3.
The Closets Black Hole From Earth Is __________ Light Years away.
a)
27,000
b)
270,000
c)
17,000
d)
37,000
4.
How Does A Black Hole Distort Light
a)
It Makes A Ring Of Light Around It's self
b)
It Curves Light at a 290 degree angle
c)
It Makes The Sky Around It All White For A mile
d)
It is unknown how black holes distort light
5.
When Your Body Goes Inside A Black Hole The Stretching effect is called what
a)
spaghettification
b)
stretchification 
c)
longification
d)
sausageification
6.
A ________ black hole can make a worm hole
a)
spinning
b)
moving
c)
decaying
d)
radioactive
7.
How do we spot Black Holes
a)
By using gamma rays and x-rays to detect high energy sources
b)
By using high energy to detect gamma rays and x-rays
c)
By using radioactive waves to detect high energy  sources
d)
By using massive telescopes to detect gamma rays
8.
How Does A Star Collapse
a)
The Core of the star has a greater gravity than the surface
b)
The Surface of the star has a greater gravity than the core
c)
A massive explosion occurs in the core which collapses the star
9.
According To the Schwarzschild Radius what size would you have to compress the earth to make a black hole
a)
One cubic centimeter
b)
One nanometer
c)
The size of two peanuts
d)
The size of a peanut
10.
Where are the most supermassive black holes
a)
In most constellations
b)
It is unkown
c)
In the center of most galaxies
d)
Right next to large stars
11.
What was the first discovered black hole
a)
1-X Cygnus
b)
Cygnus 1-X
c)
Cgynus X-1
d)
Cygnus X-1
12.
When did Albert Einstein Predict the black hole with his theory of relativity
a)
1916
b)
1926
c)
1899
d)
1945
13.
Why Do some people think white holes might exist
a)
Albert Marian predicted that white holes exist with his theory of psychical science
b)
An ESA astronomer walked out of
 his home and saw a small circle shooting out a stream of white
c)
In 2006 NASA saw an explosion of light in deep space that can not be explained
d)
In 2008 the hubble space telescope saw what they thought was a black hole but it was white
14.
Supermassive black holes are so powerful they can bend, warp and shatter time
a)
True
b)
False
15.
What Are the two secondary classes of black holes
a)
Micro and Intermediate 
b)
Micro and Stellar
c)
Micro and Supermassive
d)
Intermediate and Stellar
16.
When did the term "Black Hole" come into use 
a)
1945
b)
1970
c)
1619
d)
1916
17.
When Our Sun Dies It Will Make a Black Hole
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What is this a model of?
a)
radio
b)
doorbell
c)
ancient video game
d)
Morse code machine
19.
Morse code uses a pattern of what?
a)
dots and dashes
b)
dots only
c)
dashes only
d)
none of these
20.
Which two symbols do computers and other devices use today?
a)
dots and dashes
b)
1 and 2
c)
A and B
d)
0 and 1
21.
The more pixels you have, the more ______ the image is.
a)
clear
b)
blurry
c)
bright
d)
dark
22.
How are patterns of information stored on CDs?
a)
lines
b)
holes
c)
magnets
d)
colors
23.
What component in a computer reads 1s and 0s?
a)
screen
b)
microchips
c)
keyboard
d)
touchpad
24.
Which of these devices does NOT transfer information using patterns?
a)
3D printer
b)
toaster
c)
TV remote control
d)
phone
25.
What does each square on the graph paper represent in this image?
a)
energy
b)
pixel
c)
Morse code
d)
picture
26.
How can you tell a computer what to do?
a)
computer coding
b)
computer talking
c)
computation
d)
none of these
27.
The invention of ________ allowed people to communicate over long distances using Morse code.
a)
paper
b)
trains
c)
electricity
d)
boats
28.

Earth is the (a)   planet from the sun.

29.

Mercury is the ____________ planet from the sun.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

30.

Mars is the ____________ planet from the sun.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

31.

________ is the second planet from the sun.

a)

Saturn

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Haumea

32.

________ is the sixth planet from the sun.

a)

Saturn

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Haumea

33.

Neptune is the (a)   planet from the sun.

34.

Which is the FIFTH planet from the sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Jupiter

c)

Saturn

d)

Io

35.

Play the audio and answer.

a)
b)
36.

Play the audio and answer.

a)
b)
37.

What is your favorite planet?

4 lines
38.

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full revolution around the Sun?

a)

one day

b)

one week

c)

one month

d)

one year

39.

The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called its _____

a)

revolution

b)

rotation

c)

precession

d)

regression

40.
When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning towards the Sun, its _____
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
fall
41.
The invisible line that passes through the North Pole and the South Pole is called Earth's ____
a)
axis
b)
equator
c)
ecliptic
d)
prime meridian
42.
Earth is tilted on its
a)
axis
b)
side
c)
oval
d)
pole
43.

The amount of time it takes Earth to rotate on its axis is

a)

365 days

b)

24 hrs

c)

month

d)

year

44.
In this simple diagram, the motion of both the blue and yellow dots can best be described as -
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
45.

In this diagram, the motion of the yellow satellite can best be described as -

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

46.
In this diagram, the motion of the Earth can best be described as -
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
47.
The earth orbits around...
a)
the sun.
b)
the moon
c)
other planets
d)
the Milky Way
48.
This is the ________.
a)
keyboard
b)
monitor
c)
computer
d)
scanner
49.
This is the________.
a)
keyboard
b)
monitor
c)
mouse
d)
computer
50.
This is a ___________.
a)
keyboard
b)
digital camera
c)
scanner
d)
speaker
51.
I need a ____________ when I have no battery on my mobile phone?
a)
charger
b)
memory stick
c)
printer
d)
scanner
52.
I prefer a ___________ computer because I can move it.
a)
desktop
b)
laptop
c)
printer
d)
screen
53.
You can carry a .... easily in one hand.
a)
laptop 
b)
smartphone
c)
mouse
d)
a printer 
54.

In the future you will open doors with ....

a)

people

b)

energy

c)

keys

d)

finger prints

55.
I use a ________________ to store data and the music I download.
a)
charger
b)
scanner
c)
speaker
d)
memory stick
56.

Write the word you can listen to

(a)  

57.

Write the word you can listen to

(a)  

58.

who invented the first satellite?

Hint: He's Russian!

a)

Soviet botanist

b)

Sergei Korolev from NASA

c)

Sergi Korolev, Russian engineer

d)

German astronaut

Thomas Reiter

59.

How are satellites used nowadays?

a)

Geological analysis of the Earth

b)

Provide signal and wifi

c)

weather forecasting

d)

All of the above

60.

When did China not launch it's first satellite?

a)

1980

b)

1969

c)

1980

d)

1970

61.

Bonus question: What things are launched into space?

a)

A Star Wars lightsaber

b)

A Tesla car

c)

Lego

d)

A fat cat

e)

Buzz

Lightyear

62.

What countries were part of the firs launch of the international space

station?

a)

Europe

b)

the United States

c)

China

d)

Canada

e)

Japan

63.

How do artificial satellites orbit the planet?

a)

by Earth's gravitational pull

b)

By rocket-powered thrusters

c)

Inertia and momentum

d)

The force

64.

What can be a satellite?

a)

A machine that orbits around Mars

b)

An astroid floating on the same spot in space

c)

The big white moon you see in the sky

d)

A piece of machine that flies around nothing and transmits wifi

65.

What is not a limitation of artificial satellites?

a)

They are hard to repair

b)

They can collide and cause millions of high speed debris

c)

People have concern over the satellite as the use for weapons

d)

They use sun power

66.

An ____________is a vehicle for traveling through the air, and includes lighter-than-air vehicles such as balloons and also vehicles without fixed wings, such as helicopters.

a)

Aircraft

b)

Aerodynamic

c)

Aerostatic

d)

Airlift

67.

The ____________ is powered by an engine (usually just behind the propeller) and the propeller blades create __________to move an airplane forward.

a)

thrust, propeller

b)

lift,drag

c)

propeller, thrust

d)

thrust, drag

68.

The __________is a part of an airplane that produces much of an airplane’s total lift when air flows over it.

a)

aileron

b)

wing

c)

elevator

d)

rudder

69.

The _______________ is the main body of an airplane.

a)

cockpit

b)

window

c)

emmpennage

d)

fuselage

70.

Newton’s First Law of Motion is often called “the law of _____________.”

a)

inertia

b)

momentum

c)

F=MA

71.

Newton’s Second Law of Motion is also known as “the law of _________________.”

a)

inertia

b)

reaction

c)

momentum

72.

The four forces of flight considered in the design of airplane parts are lift, __________, thrust and __________.

a)

gravity, drag

b)

drag, gravity

c)

lift, drag

73.

The Bernoulli Principle: As the velocity of a fluid (including air) increases, its pressure _________________.

a)

increases

b)

slows down

c)

decreases

d)

goes up

74.

The _____________ is used to make the nose of the airplane yaw left or right.

a)

rudder

b)

elevator

c)

ailerons

d)

flaps

75.

Jet engines allow airplanes to fly faster and at higher altitudes than propeller airplanes.

a)

lower, and slower

b)

faster and higher

c)

faster and lower

d)

lower and faster

76.

What two forces slow a rocket down as it is being launched?

a)

Thrust & Lift

b)

Weight & Drag

77.

The force supplied by the rocket engine must be strong enough to overcome...

a)

Gravity

b)

Weight

c)

Thrust

78.

The nose cone of the rocket is shaped to...

a)

Increase thrust

b)

Decrease drag

c)

Increase drag

79.

The force used to provide lift for the rocket is...

a)

Weight

b)

Control

c)

Thrust

d)

Inertia

80.

What does the first part of Newton’s first law say about objects in motion?

a)

Objects in motion speed will increase.

b)

Objects in motion speed will decrease.

c)

Objects will move at the same speed and direction unless force changes their motion.

d)

Force does not affect the change in an objects motion.

81.

What does the second part of Newton’s first law say about objects at rest?

a)

They cannot move unless they have a lot of friction.

b)

If they are heavy, they will stay at rest, but if they are light, they will move.

c)

They will stay at rest unless an outside force makes them move.

d)

They have more inertia than objects in motion.

82.

What determines an object’s mass?

a)

amount of matter

b)

amount of friction

c)

amount of force

d)

amount of gravity

83.

What is inertia?

a)

Only how things move

b)

Only how things do not move

c)

How things move and don't move

d)

All of the above

84.

Your friend kicks a soccer ball, and it stops a few feet from you. What needs to happen to it in order for it to return to your friend?

a)

Friction has to be applied to the ball.

b)

Force has to be applied to the ball.

c)

Speed has to be applied to the ball.

d)

Inertia has to be applied to the ball.

85.

How is velocity different from speed?

a)

Velocity is when an object goes in reverse.

b)

Velocity is the direction an object moves in, and it has nothing to do with speed.

c)

Velocity is speed and direction together.

d)

Velocity is not at all different from speed.

86.

Which planet in our Solar System has the most number of moons?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

87.

Deimos and Phobos belong to planet __________.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

88.

Does 'dwarf planet' Pluto have any moons?

a)

Yes, it does.

b)

No, it doesn't.

89.

Artificial satellites are used to study the mountains and oceans on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

90.

Artificial satellites are used to study the Earth and other planets.

a)

True

b)

False

91.

Natural satellites are celestial bodies that orbit other celestial bodies.

a)

True

b)

False

92.
How Big is a Solar Mass
a)
The Size of Earth
b)
The size of the Sun
c)
The Size of the star HJ - X1BY976
d)
The size of a 20,000 X 20,000 X 20,000 mile cube
93.
What Are The Two Main Classes of Black holes
a)
Stellar and Supermassive
b)
Micro and Intermediate
c)
Stellar and Intermediate
d)
Intermediate and Supermassive
94.
The Closets Black Hole From Earth Is __________ Light Years away.
a)
27,000
b)
270,000
c)
17,000
d)
37,000
95.
How Does A Black Hole Distort Light
a)
It Makes A Ring Of Light Around It's self
b)
It Curves Light at a 290 degree angle
c)
It Makes The Sky Around It All White For A mile
d)
It is unknown how black holes distort light
96.
When Your Body Goes Inside A Black Hole The Stretching effect is called what
a)
spaghettification
b)
stretchification 
c)
longification
d)
sausageification
97.
A ________ black hole can make a worm hole
a)
spinning
b)
moving
c)
decaying
d)
radioactive
98.
How do we spot Black Holes
a)
By using gamma rays and x-rays to detect high energy sources
b)
By using high energy to detect gamma rays and x-rays
c)
By using radioactive waves to detect high energy  sources
d)
By using massive telescopes to detect gamma rays
99.
How Does A Star Collapse
a)
The Core of the star has a greater gravity than the surface
b)
The Surface of the star has a greater gravity than the core
c)
A massive explosion occurs in the core which collapses the star
100.
According To the Schwarzschild Radius what size would you have to compress the earth to make a black hole
a)
One cubic centimeter
b)
One nanometer
c)
The size of two peanuts
d)
The size of a peanut
101.
Where are the most supermassive black holes
a)
In most constellations
b)
It is unkown
c)
In the center of most galaxies
d)
Right next to large stars
102.
What was the first discovered black hole
a)
1-X Cygnus
b)
Cygnus 1-X
c)
Cgynus X-1
d)
Cygnus X-1
103.
When did Albert Einstein Predict the black hole with his theory of relativity
a)
1916
b)
1926
c)
1899
d)
1945
104.
Why Do some people think white holes might exist
a)
Albert Marian predicted that white holes exist with his theory of psychical science
b)
An ESA astronomer walked out of
 his home and saw a small circle shooting out a stream of white
c)
In 2006 NASA saw an explosion of light in deep space that can not be explained
d)
In 2008 the hubble space telescope saw what they thought was a black hole but it was white
105.
Supermassive black holes are so powerful they can bend, warp and shatter time
a)
True
b)
False
106.
What Are the two secondary classes of black holes
a)
Micro and Intermediate 
b)
Micro and Stellar
c)
Micro and Supermassive
d)
Intermediate and Stellar
107.
When did the term "Black Hole" come into use 
a)
1945
b)
1970
c)
1619
d)
1916
108.
When Our Sun Dies It Will Make a Black Hole
a)
True
b)
False

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