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Earth Science Unit Test Review
Earth Science Unit Test Review
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A review of all we have studied in our Earth Science Unit.
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1
Which picture best represents the shape of the orbit for planets in our solar system?
Picture D
Picture C
Picture A
Picture B
2
During which season does the angle of the Sun's rays result in the greatest area covered?
Summer
Winter
Spring
Fall
3
The sun's composition is mostly which two gases?
Hydrogen and nitrogen
Hydrogen and helium
Helium and oxygen
Hydrogen and oxygen
4
What is the largest object in our solar system?
The Milky Way
The Sun
Jupiter
Earth
5
If it is autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
Fall
Summer
Spring
Winter
6
If you live at point B in the diagram, what time of day would it be?
Sunset
Daytime
Sunrise
Nighttime
7
Which planet has the shortest orbit around the sun?
Earth
Pluto
Jupiter
Mercury
8
Which tool would we use to travel through space without an astronaut?
Satellite
Airplane
Telescope
Space probe
9
Which two planets in our solar system do not have moons or debris orbiting them?
Earth and Mars
Mercury and Venus
Saturn and Jupiter
Uranus and Neptune
10
How big is the Sun compared to other stars?
It is much smaller than other stars.
It is very large, but not the largest.
It is an average sized star.
It is larger than all other stars.
11
Gravity keeps
All of these
Moons in orbit around Jupiter
The planet Jupiter in orbit around the Sun
The moon in orbit around the Earth.
12
Which tool would we use to study the Moon from Earth?
Telescope
Camera
Satellite
Space Probe
13
Which tool is intentionally placed into orbit to collect information about weather patterns?
Satellite
Space Probe
Telescope
14
What is the name for a group of planets that revolve around a central star?
The Sun
Galaxy
Solar system
Universe
15
Why does the moon seem to change shape?
The moon is orbiting the Earth.
The light in the moon is sometimes turned off.
The sun stops making light sometimes.
The moon is squishy like a balloon.
16
If you lived at point A in the diagram, what time of day would it be?
Sunset
Sunset
Nighttime
Daytime
17
When the sun orbits on it's axis, it makes the Sun, stars, & moon appear to change ______.
Names
Color
Size
Position
18
The cycle and patterns of the Sun and Earth are _________.
Old
Predictable
Constantly changing
New
19
How many days does it take Earth to do one revolution around the sun?
28
365
24
12
20
What is another name for the inner planets?
the Rock planets
the Terrestrial planets
Gas giants
the Cold planets
