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Space Review

The document contains questions and diagrams about astronomy topics like the rotation and revolution of Earth, the causes of seasons, and the definition of terms like planet, star, and solar system. Students are asked to label diagrams of Earth's rotation, draw the sun shining on different parts of Earth to represent day and night, identify the four seasons and their causes, and recall information about the solar system, planets, and the star at the center.

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Space Review

The document contains questions and diagrams about astronomy topics like the rotation and revolution of Earth, the causes of seasons, and the definition of terms like planet, star, and solar system. Students are asked to label diagrams of Earth's rotation, draw the sun shining on different parts of Earth to represent day and night, identify the four seasons and their causes, and recall information about the solar system, planets, and the star at the center.

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1. What’s that tool for looking at far away stars and planets called?

________________

2. Write “rotation” or “revolution” under each picture.

3. The earth rotates or spins from west to east. Draw this.

4. It takes _____________ hours for the earth to make ONE rotation (= one _____)

5. So, the sun is not shining on the same part of the earth all the time. Draw this.
Do this with the teacher:
a. Draw the sun shining on the earth.
b. Draw daytime in one place and night time in another.
c. Draw the direction of the Earth’s rotation.
d. Show “morning” (let’s say 6:00 a.m. ) at point A
e. Show point B which is only 5:00 a.m.
f. Show point C which is only 4:00 a.m.
g. Show point D which is 7:00 a.m.
6. So the times are different all over the earth because the sun either hasn’t reached that
place yet, or it’s already passed over it.
7. The different times are called _______________________
8. The earth is divided into _________ time zones.
9. The sun takes one _________ to cross one time zone. (the sun doesn’t really move, the earth moves, but it looks
like the sun moves, so we just say that)

10. The sun crosses 24 time zones X 1 hour for each time zone = 24 hours = one day!

Start here! Teachers copy

11. Read pg. 255 and do the questions. Draw rotation arrow on map.
Grade 6b Science Solar system and stars and stuff
12.What are the 4 seasons? ____________________________________ and _________.

13.Why are there seasons? Because _______________________________________.

14. What is a planet? Check:


15. What is a rock? What is a planet? What is a star? Write YES or NO or MAYBE
a rock Meteoroid
star planet on the moon (rock in
soccer field space)

It’s big (bigger


than your desk)

it’s in space

it orbits the
sun
It’s (usually)
made of
rock
it’s a ball of
really hot
fire. Zero
rock.
It’s much
much bigger
than a
planet.
It’s made of
minerals
It helped to
wipe out the
dinosaurs
Stars are big glowing (shining) balls of _____________.

16. Planets are only planets if they __________ (go round) a star.

17. The earth is a ___________.

18.The earth goes round a st_____.

19.The name of the star that the earth goes round is called _____________.

20.Some other rocks orbit stars but they are not called “planets” because they are too
___________.

21. The sun and everthing that _____________ it is called _______________________.


22. The word “solar” means __________. Like _________ power, and __________
batteries.

23. There are ______ planets that go around (revolve) the sun.

24.We can remember the names IN ORDER if we remember this little saying:

M___ V_____ E___________ M____________ J_____________ S___________

U___________ N____________.

25. Pluto used to be the 9th planet but it was too __________, and did not have its own
____________. (It crossed the orbit of Neptune)

Grade 6B Science and Language Arts Review H.W. worksheet

1. Name the four seasons: ____________, ________________, ______________,


and ________________

2. Which season is cold? _____________

3. The REASON we have seasons is because the earth is _______________

4. What does “tilted” mean? Draw a stick in picture A. The stick is standing straight up. In
Picture B draw another stick. This time the stick is not standing up straight. It is leaning
over to one side. NOW, label the pictures “tilted” and “not tilted”

A A A B

5. If the Earth was not tilted there would be _______ seasons.

1. T/F My Desert Life is a biography. _______

2. T/F My Desert Life is “literary non fiction”. _______

3. T/F Roberto Clemente loved basketball _______

4. T/F An “achievement” is a chance to do something. _______

5. T/F A blanket keeps you warm at night. _______

6. T/F Rescue means help somene with their homework. _______

7. T/F In My Desert Life the dad wants to move away. _______

8. 6. T/F Pens and paper and erasers are supplies. _______

9. T/F Roberto played for 18 years with the Brooklyn Dodgers. _______

10. T/F If you work hard, you are hardly working. _______

6. Why does the tilting of the Earth cause _____________?

7. Because the ___________ is tilted the rays from the sun shine directly on part of the
Earth.

8. When the sun rays shine DIRECTLY, they are hotter. Show this: Using a light and a board.

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