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Grade 6 Solar System Review

Review for Grade 6 Solar System test. Use with Nine Planets Review.

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Earth between moon and sun.Lunar eclipse
Moon between Earth and Sun.Solar eclipse
The solar system started as one giant planet, it blew up and formed the planets.Big Bang Theory
The planets formed from clouds of dust.Nebula Theory
A celestial body visible at night.Star
When is the only time you can see a comet?When it is close to the sun.
Made of ammonia and methane.Comet
Number of constellations.88
Object whose gravitational pull is so great that nothing can escape it.Black Hole
Very dense part of a black hole.Singularity
Closest star to earth.Sun
The amount of mass of the solar system contained in the sun.99.8%
Is the gravity of the sun greater or less than that of earth?Greater
Is the gravity of the moon greater or less than that of earth?Less than
Amount of time it takes to go around the sun.Revolution
Amount of time it takes a planet to turn on its axis.Rotation
He developed the heleocentric theory of the Solar System.Copernicus
He made the first good telescope;Proved Copernicus' theory.Galileo
Everything revolves around the sun.Heleocentric Theory
He developed the laws of motion and gravity.Newton
He developed the theory E=MC2Einstein
Russian space station.Mir
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.NASA
Year of the first lunar landing.1969
Parts of a cometHead(nucleus), Body (coma) and Tail
First artificial satellite in space.Sputnik


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