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Science Unit Test Earth-Space Science
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Studies Weekly Unit Earth-Space Science Test
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1
What are the differences in Planets?
they have different things living on them
they are different shapes
they travel around the sun differently
they are different distances from the sun
2
What would be the best title for this diagram?
The Power of Magma
The Movement of the Earths Plates
The Forces of Steam
The Energy of Earthquakes
3
In the northern hemisphere, we have winter when?
the southern hemisphere is titled closer to the sun
the Earth gets between the moon and the sun
the moon gets between the Earth and the sun
the northern hemisphere is titled closer to the sun
4
Put the layers of the Earth in order from the outside to the inside.
core, mantle, crust
crust, core, mantle
crust, mantle, core
mantle, core, crust
5
Which method of transportation was invented first?
steam engine train
space shuttle
jet engine airplane
automobile
6
How does a glacier change the Earth's surface?
push open large valleys
makes lakess
cracks open parts of the Earth
all of the above
7
What forms when wind & water break up large rocks into small pieces then push back together.
sedimentary
metamorphic
magma
igneous
8
How are stars are formed?
stars combine and make more stars
nebula
giant clouds of gas combine and start a powerful reaction
giant clouds of air combine to make a star
9
What keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
stars
gravity
space probes
winds
10
What is one way to tell how hot a star is?
distance
size
color
shape
11
Technology is the science of solving problems and making life easier with _____.
transportation
inventions & machines
communication
medicine
12
What instrument measure air pressure and can help predict the weather?
a rain gauge
thermometer
barometer
seismograph
13
When the large plates in the Earth's crust move it can cause______?
a caldera
an eathquake
a volcano
a geyser
14
How did people who lived long ago sail around the oceans without getting lost?
they studied the position of the sun, moon, and stars.
they watched how things moved across the sky
they used a map
they used only the stars
