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FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT 6TH GRADE
SPACE EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Includes the sun, planets, and many smaller objects.
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Solar System
Question 2: A small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust loosely packed together.
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Comet
Question 3: Small, rocky bodies that revolve around the sun.
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Asteroid Question 4: An artificial body that revolves around a more massive body, i.e.: satellite, space station
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Artificial Satellites
Question 5: Large planets that don't have any known solid surfaces.
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Gas Giant
Question 6: The force that accelerates a rocket.
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Thrust Question 7: A bright streak of light caused when a meteoroid or comet dust burns up in the
atmosphere: a shooting star.
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Meteor
Question 8: A group of bodies that can be organized into smaller systems.
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Galaxy Question 9: Small, rocky bodies that revolve around the sun; smaller than asteroids.
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Meteoroid Question 10: This is the new classification for Pluto. Dwarf planets orbit the Sun, but are not as large as other planets.
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Dwarf Planet
Question 11: A group of bodies that can be organized into smaller systems.
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System Question 12: A natural body that revolves around a more massive body, i.e.: moons, comets, asteroids, meteoroids.
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Natural Satellites
Question 13: The average distance between Earth and sun.
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Astronomical Unit
Question 14: Inner planets that are small, dense and rocky.
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Terrestrial Planet Question 15: The speed and direction a rocket must travel in order to orbit the earth.
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Orbital Velocity
Question 16: The star that is the dominant member of our solar system.
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Sun
Question 17: The spin of an object in space
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Rotation
Question 18: The motion of a body as it travels around another body in space.
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Revolution Question 19: Bright streaks of light caused when a meteoriod or comet dust burns up in the atmosphere.
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Meteorite Question 20: The speed and direction a rocket must travel to completely break away from a planet's gravitational pull
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Escape Velocity