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WorksheetsEarth Final Exam Review Parts 1-4
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
True or False: Kepler discovered that the path of each planet around the sun is a perfect circle.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
True or False: Kepler's First Law states that orbits are ellipses.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The 23.5 degree tilt of Earth's axis causes what?
a)
Tides
b)
Climate Change
c)
Seasons
d)
Hurricanes
4.
Which of the following refers to the wobbling of around Earth's axis?
a)
Precession
b)
Nutation
c)
Barycenter
d)
Revolution
5.
Tides are caused by which of the following?
a)
Seasons
b)
Sun's gravitational pull
c)
Other planets
d)
Moon's gravitational pull
6.
Which of the following refers to an atom being split?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Nuclear Fission
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Seasons
7.
What powers the Sun?
a)
The Earth
b)
The Moon
c)
Gravity
d)
Fusion
8.
What is the source of energy for producers in the food chain?
a)
Cellular Respiration
b)
Oxygen
c)
The Sun
d)
Gravity
9.
How do metamorphic rocks form?
a)
Melting and Cooling
b)
Heat and Pressure
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
10.
What type of rock would you find fossils in?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Granite
d)
Metamorphic
11.
What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
seafloor spreading
c)
continental drift
d)
paleomagnetism
12.
Sea floor spreading occurs at what type of boundary?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
d)
Subduction
13.
What forms at continental-continental convergent boundaries?
a)
Sea floor spreading
b)
Valleys
c)
Mountains
d)
Sedimentary Rock
14.
The epicenter of an earthquake is directly above the _________.
a)
Seismograph
b)
Convergent boundary
c)
Divergent boundary
d)
Focus
15.
Which type of wave travels faster?
a)
P wave
b)
S Wave
c)
Preliminary Wave
d)
Secondary Wave
16.
What type of boundary is illustrated?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transform
17.
What is the moon phase called when the right half of the moon is lit up?
a)
First quarter
b)
Third quarter
c)
New moon
d)
Full moon
18.
When the Earth is positioned directly in between the Sun and the Moon what occurs?
a)
Solar Wind
b)
Solar Flare
c)
Lunar Eclipse
d)
Solar Eclipse
19.
An equinox gets its name from what?
a)
The longest day
b)
The longest night
c)
Equal hours of day and night
d)
24 hours of day light
20.
The summer solstice is the ___________ day of the year.
a)
longest
b)
shortest
21.
What moon phase comes after a full moon?
a)
Waxing Gibbous
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Waxing Crescent
d)
Waning Crescent
22.
Which of the following is equal to one day on Earth?
a)
One revolution
b)
One rotation
c)
One year on Jupiter
d)
One year on Mars
23.
Why does the Moon appear to be lit up?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
It has its own light sources
c)
Nuclear Fission
d)
Sunlight is reflected upon its surface
24.
What type of boundary is shown?
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
25.
What season is it in the northern hemisphere when the north pole is pointed toward the Sun?
a)
Winter
b)
Summer
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