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Study skills and solar system unit test-6th grade science
Question | Answer |
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Within Mr. Guest's system, what is the 1st study skill? | Rewrite notes |
What is the 2nd study skill | summerize notes |
What is the 3rd study skill | make flash cards |
what is the most important action can a student take to prepare for a test? | study |
What type of celestial body is the Sun? | star |
Name the two gases that mostly make up the Sun | Hydrogen & Helium |
What term means to move on a path around an object? | revolve |
What term means to spin around an axis | rotate |
How long does it take Earth to revolve around the Sun | 1 year or 365 days |
How long does it take Earth to rotate once on it's axis | 1 day or 24 hours |
What term describes a huge hot glowing ball of gas? | Star |
What term describes the process in which the nuclei of two o more atoms join to form a single larger nucleus | nuclear fusion |
What term describes the brightness of a star? | magnitude |
What color are the coolest stars | red |
what color are the hottest stars | blue |
What term describes the distancelight can travel in one year | light year |
What term describes a huge grouping of stars | galaxy |
What term describes the average distance of Earth from the Sun | Astronomical unit |
What term describes the Sun and the cluster of bodies that travel around it? | Solar System |
How many main planets are there within our solar system | 8 |
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet" | Mars |
Which planet is known for it's spectacular rings | Saturn |
Which planet is names after the Roman God of the Sea | Neptune |
Which planet is sevrely tilted | Uranus |
Which planet is the largest planet in our Solar System | Jupiter |
Which planet has one moon, no water, and almost no atmosphere? | Mercury |
which planet is the only known planet suitable for complex life | Earth |
Which planet is very hot and is known as Earth's siter planet | Venus |
What is the name of the permanent storm system located on Jupiter | The red spot |
What is the name of the permanent storm system located on Neptune | The Dark spot |
What term describes a celestial body made of rock and iron which orbits between mars and Jupiter | asteroid |
What term describes an asteroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere, thus catching on fire? | meteor |
What termdescribes an asteroid that makes it through arth's atmosphere and actually makes landfall | meteorite |
What term describes a celesteial body made of ice nd dust and which also orbits the sun? | comet |
Where do scientists believe asteriods come from | asteroid belt |
where do scientists believe comets come from | Kuiper Belt |
first planet | mercury |
second planet | Venus |
third planet | Earth |
fourth planet | Mars |
fifth planet | Jupiter |
sixth planet | Saturn |
seventh planet | Uranus |
eighth planet | Neptune |