End of the Year Quiz!

What is a testable prediction based on observations?

• Independent variable

• Educated Guess

• Hypothesis

• Control Group

Two common variables are age and time. Are they independent or dependent variables?

• Independent

• Dependent

• Neither

• Both

The spinning movement of the Earth around its axis is called the ....

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Spin

The sphere of the Earth that includes all the gases that surround the Earth is called ....

• Hemisphere

• Biosphere

• Atmoshpere

• Air sphere

The most direct sunlight hits the Earth near the North and South Pole.

• True

• False

Changes in the angle at which sunlight hits Earth causes _________.

• Daily Weather Patterns

• Day & Night

• The Seasons

• Earth's Orbital Path

The movement or orbit of the Earth around the Sun is called its revolution.

• True

• False

The condition of the atmosphere in a certain place at a specific time is called _______.

• Storm

• Weather

• Climate

• Atmosphere conditions

The main energy source for all the systems on the Earth is....

• The Sun

• Earth's Core

• Space

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of thermal energy transfer?

• Conduction

• Radation

• Convection

• Diffusion