Year 4, Social Science, Unit 1 quiz

What is the Moon?

• Earth's only artificial satellite

• Earth's only natural satellite

• Earth's only artificial star

• Earth's only natural planet

The northern and southern hemisphere are divided by the.....

• Greenwich meridian

• Line of longitude

• Line of latitude

• Equator

• Atmosphere

In which season are baby animals usually born and new flowers start to bloom?

• Autumn

• Summer

• Spring

• Winter

What scientific instrument do we use to look closely at other planets and outer space?

• Periscope

• Telescope

• Binoculars

True or false: the solar system is made up of; the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids

• False

• True

• Neither

What shape is planet earth?

• Flat

• Conical

• Round

• Sphere

• Circle

The first person to ORBIT the earth was ______ in the year ______.

• The American Neil Armstrong in the year 1961

• The Russian Yuri Gagarin in the year 1961

The first person to land & walk on the moon was ______ in the year ______.

• The American Michael Collins in the year 1969

• The Russian Yuri Gagarin in the year 1971

• The American Neil Armstrong in the year 1969

• The Irishman Patrick Murray in the year 1969

Another name for planet Mars is the.......

• Blue Planet

• Yellow planet

• Orange planet

• Red planet

In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova was the first ______ in space.

• Russian

• Human

• Female

• astronaut

• Person