6th Grade Formative- Space/Weather

Which of the following has the greatest impact on the Moon's orbit around Earth?

• gravitational force

• distance from the sun

• air resistance

• the shape of the moon

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What form of technology did the ancient astronomer named Galileo use to help support the heliocentric model of our solar system?

• Satellite

• Telescope

• Rocket

• Probe

Match the characteristic to the term it describes.

• Found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

• Asteroid

• Balls of ice and rock that develop tails

• Comet

• Orbit the sun

• Both

A student made a model of how the planets orbit the sun. She used a tennis ball to represent the sun. She used ping-pong balls to represent each planet and painted each one a different color. Then, she placed all the ping-pong balls equal distances apart in a line extending out from the sun.

What are two limitations of the student's model? (Limitations are things about the model that limit its accuracy.)

• A. She used the same size balls to represent the planets.

• B. The solar system can't be modeled using actual objects.

• C. She made planets orbit the sun.

• D. The planets are not the correct distances from the sun.

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DIRECTIONS: Drag the correct answers to the boxes. Place the given planets in their relative position from the sun.

• D

• Mars

• A

• Neptune

• C

• Saturn

• B

• Mercury

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A student ties a string around a weight and swings the weight in a circle around her body. If the student represents the Sun and the weight represents Earth, what does the string represent?

• gravity

• radiation

• electricity

• magnetism

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How does Earth's magnetic field contribute to sustaining life on the planet?

• The magnetic field allows for the formation of stable tectonic plates.

• The Earth does not have a magnetic field.

• The magnetic field protects Earth's surface from harmful solar radiation.

• The magnetic field has no direct influence on the support of life on Earth.

Which of these would be the best model to use to study the cause of the moon’s phase changes?

• Flashlight for moon, Earth made of clay

• Photograph of moon

• Stick-on stars for stars, Paper for moon, Black paper background

• Light for sun, Earth made of clay ball, Moon made of clay ball

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Of the known planets in our solar system, which feature is unique to planet Earth?

• Earth has a gravitational field.

• A moon orbits around it.

• Earth is mainly covered by water.

• Earth revolves around the sun.

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Tides on Earth are influenced more by the moon than the Sun because the moon is –

• larger than Earth

• closer than the Sun

• brighter than the Sun

• colder than Earth

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