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Grade 6 Space Exploration
Space probes, unlike satellites, are able to                               .
  1. gather data
  2. travel out of the solar system
  3. go into orbit
  4. be retrieved
Grade 6 Planetary Motion

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Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Grade 6 Planetary Motion
What is the order of the Sun, Moon, and Earth during a lunar eclipse?
  1. Sun - Moon - Earth
  2. Earth - Sun - Moon
  3. Sun - Earth - Moon
  4. Moon - Sun - Earth
Grade 6 The Moon
What does the diagram below show?
Spring Tide
  1. Spring Tide
  2. Neap Tide
Grade 6 Planetary Motion
The picture shows the daylight side of Earth. Which best describes why Earth has day and night?
Planet Earth - Small
  1. The Moon rotates on an axis.
  2. Earth rotates on an axis.
  3. The Moon revolves around Earth.
  4. Earth revolves around the Sun.
Grade 6 Planetary Motion
During a solar eclipse, what are the positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon?
  1. Earth - Sun - Moon
  2. Sun - Earth - Moon
  3. Sun - Moon - Earth
  4. Moon - Sun - Earth
Grade 6 Stars
What is a group of stars that make up a pattern in the sky called?
  1. galaxy
  2. cluster
  3. constellation
  4. solar system
Grade 6 Small Bodies and Dwarf Planets
Large pieces of space rock with irregular shapes are called
  1. asteroids.
  2. comets.
  3. meteors.
  4. dwarf planets.
Grade 6 The Moon
What is the average duration of the totality of a lunar eclipse?
  1. 1 - 2 hours
  2. 4 - 7 hours
  3. 10 - 12 hours
  4. 8 - 10 hours
Grade 6 The Moon
During the phases of the Moon, the Moon appears to change shape. This change in appearance is due to the Moon                                                                               .
  1. physically changing size and shape
  2. moving closer and then farther away from Earth
  3. reflecting a different amount of light due to alignment with Earth and the Sun
  4. having craters on its surface
Grade 6 Inner Planets
The order of the inner planets outward from the Sun is
  1. Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars.
  2. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
  3. Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury.
  4. Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury.
Grade 6 The Moon
The Moon gets its light from
  1. a flashlight.
  2. Earth.
  3. the Sun.
  4. Venus.
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