Astronomy Vocab Review

Astronomy Vocab Review

6th Grade

19 Qs

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Astronomy Vocab Review

Astronomy Vocab Review

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Easy

Created by

Sabrina Struss

Used 1+ times

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19 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: An ______ is a small rocky object that orbits the Sun, most commonly found in the asteroid belt.

asteroid

comet

planet

star

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: An ______ is an imaginary line through a planet on which the planet rotates.

axis

equator

orbit

meridian

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: The ______ is a theory that everything in the universe was once packed together in an extremely small, hot dense ball of energy and matter/something caused this ball to expand and cool.

Big Bang Theory

Steady State Theory

String Theory

Quantum Theory

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a small body of ice, rock, and dust that orbits the Sun in an elongated ellipse/tail extends away from the Sun.

comet

asteroid

planet

moon

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a group of stars connected in a recognizable pattern.

constellation

galaxy

planet

asteroid

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: The ______ is the theory that a single deity created the universe from nothing.

Creation Theory

Big Bang Theory

Evolution Theory

Steady State Theory

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fill in the blank: A ______ is a nearly spherical object that orbits the Sun, does not have its own orbit, and is not a moon.

dwarf planet

asteroid

comet

moon

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