6th Grade SOL Challenge

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

• The inner planets all have water
• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets
• the outer planets are gas planets
• the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

Why does Earth have different seasons? 

• because of the distance between Earth and the sun 
• because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis 
• because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis 
• because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth
• Earth and moon orbit Sun
• Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
• Earth and sun orbit moon

The moon is a natural  ______ of Earth.

• comet
• axis
• satellite
• space probe

A student made a model of how the Earth, Moon, and Sun orbit. She used ping-pong balls
to represent each one. She painted each one a different color. Then, she placed the Moon
and Earth close together and the Sun much further away.What is one limitation of the student's model?

• She used the same size balls.
• She made earth orbit the sun.
• She moved the Sun away from the Earth and Moon.

The land area that drains a particular set of streams and rivers is called  

• an acre
  
• a drainage hectare 
• a woodland
  
• watershed 

A student was listing all the abiotic elements she saw in the environment. She listed rocks, soil, trees, water, and air. Which item on her list was NOT abiotic? 

• rocks
• trees
• water
• air

Of the following choices, which watershed in Virginia is the largest? 

• New
• Rappahannock
• Shenandoah-Potomac
• James