6th Grade Sun And Other Stars Chapter 1 Test

Question 1

How is the apparent movement of the constellations similar to the rising and setting of the sun?

Answer 1

The rise in the east and sets in the west like the sun

Question 2

What is a star constellation?

Answer 2

A pattern or group of stars that people imagined to represent a figure, animal, or object

Question 3

Describe the difference between a constellation and an asterism.

Answer 3

A constellation is a large group of stars. A asterism is a smaller group of stars.

Question 4

Understand rotation vs. revolution

Answer 4

Rotation = 24 hours (1 day) spinning on axis
Revolution = 1 year (earth traveling around sun). The movement of an object around another object

Question 5

Be able to describe the Earth’s rotation.

Answer 5

It spins around 365 times in 1 revolution. 1 revolution = 1 day. Planet spins on axis.

Question 6

Be able to describe the Earth’s revolution around the sun.

Answer 6

The earth’s orbit around the sun about 365 days.

Question 7

What effect does the Earth’s axis have on our seasons?

Answer 7

The effect the earth’s axis have on our seasons because the earth revolves around the sun.

Question 8

Describe the differences between an equinox and a solstice.

Answer 8

Equinox=either of the 2 days of the year on which either hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.

Solstice=either of the 2 days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

Question 9

What is gravity, and what influences the force of gravity?

Answer 9

It is the gravitational pull on an object

Question 10

Be able to describe the terms: Mass, Gravity, and Inertia

Answer 10

Mass: How much something weighs, amount of matter in an object.
Gravity: Gravitational pull on an object
Inertia: The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.

Question 11

Be able to describe the phases of our moon:

Answer 11

1. New Moon. 2. Waxing Crescent
2. First Quarter. 4. Waxing Gibbous
3. Full Moon. 6. Waning Gibbous
4. Last Quarter. 8. Waning Crescent

Question 12

Know the difference between a meteor, an asteroid, and a comet.

Answer 12

Meteor: shooting star/falling star streak of light caused by the burning of a meteoroid in the earth’s atmosphere.
Asteroid: One of the rocky objects that resolves around the su.
Comet: A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun. Typically in a long narow orbit.

Question 13

Describe a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse

Answer 13

Solar Eclipse: When the moon is blocking the earth from having any Sun

Lunar Eclipse: When the moon is facing away for the sun and we cannot see the moon.

Question 14

Be familiar with the moon’s features and characteristics

Answer 14

Features: Maria (dark flat area that is formed from huge lava. Crater, Large round pits caused by the impacts, highlands - mountains on the moon.

Characteristics: Moon is 1/4 as big as the Earth. Drastic differences in temperatures between day and night (-170 C). 130 C during the day.

Question 15

Be able to describe the causes of the Earth’s tides.

Answer 15

Causes: The pull of gravity dictates the………High Tide is when the water is being pulled up from the moon, Low Tide is when the gravitational pull goes down.

Question 16

Be able to describe why it is generally warmer near the equator than it is near the poles

Answer 16

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