6th Grade Science Reviewer
Part 19 Earth and Space
Direction: Choose the
letter with the best answer. Write your answer on your answer sheet.
1.
The following are inner planets except ___________.
- Earth
- Neptune *
- Mercury
- Venus
2.
What is the second closest planet to the Sun?
- Mars
- Mercury
- Venus *
- Earth
3.
What is the fourth planet from the Sun known as the red planet?
- Earth
- Mars
*
- Jupiter
- Saturn
4.
What is the second biggest planet in the Solar System?
A.
Neptune
B.
Uranus
C.
Saturn
*
D.
Jupiter
5.
What is the third largest planet with a system of 11 thin, dark rings?
A.
Jupiter
B.
Mars
C.
Saturn
D.
Uranus
*
6.
What is the seventh planet of the Solar System and is the first planet discovered by
means of a telescope?
A.
Uranus
*
B.
Jupiter
C.
Saturn
D.
Neptune
7. All
of the following are outer planets except ________________.
A.
Mars
*
B.
Saturn
C.
Uranus
D.
Neptune
8.
What objects travel around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
A.
comets
B.
meteors
C.
asteroids
*
D.
moons
9.
It is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
and the only dwarf
planet located in the inner Solar System.
A.
Triton
B.
Pluto
C.
Eris
D.
Ceres
*
10.
It is a dwarf planet beyond
Neptune and was considered the ninth planet in the Solar
System until 2006.
A.
Eris
B.
Ceres
C.
Pluto
*
D.
Callisto
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