FOSS Earth and Sun Test

Front

True or False: The length of the shadows of a flagpole are shorter during the winter months.

Back

True

Front

True or False: the length of the shadows of a flagpole are shorter during the summer months.

Back

False

Front

Why do shadows change length at different times during the day and year?

Back

The angle of the Sun's rays change because of Earth's rotation and revolution.

Front

What motion explains the predictable pattern of Moon phases seen from Earth?

Back

As the Moon revolves around Earth, we see the sunlit part of the Moon's surface from different angles.

Front

Objects that you can see in the sky have different brightness because some are larger than others and some are farther from Earth than others. True or False?

Back

True

Front

How is it possible that people are drinking the same water that dinosaurs drank?

Back

The Water Cycle: evaporation (by the Sun), condensation (makes clouds), precipitation (as rain) brings water back to Earth.

Front

Which sample best represents cold air at 11:00 p.m.?
Options: A, B, C, D

Back

A

Front

A woman wants the water in a white wading pool to heat up quickly. Which solar solution would heat the water fastest? Options: Cover a pool with a clear plastic cover, Put a sheet of yellow plastic on the bottom and leave the pool uncovered, Put a sheet of dark blue plastic on the bottom and cover the pool with a clear plastic cover, Put a sheet of black plastic on the bottom and leave the pool uncovered.

Back

Put a sheet of dark blue plastic on the bottom and cover the pool with a clear plastic cover.

Front

Where is most of the fresh water on Earth? Options: Groundwater, Lakes, Ice Caps and glaciers, Ocean

Back

Ice Caps and glaciers

Front

Where does most of the water vapor in the atmosphere come from? Options: Groundwater, Lakes, Ice caps and glaciers, Ocean

Back

Ocean