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WorksheetsIntegrated Science - Ch. 7-8
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A total solar eclipse can be seen only by people in the area of Earth within the Moon's umbra.
a)
True
b)
Falso
2.
Earth rotates on its axis about once every year.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Night and day on Earth are caused by Earth's revolution around the Sun.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The summer solstice occurs in June in the northern hemisphere and in December in the southern hemisphere.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Venus experiences an intense greenhouse effect.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
Ganymede is a volcano on the planet Jupiter.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The surface of Mars has long channels that may have been caused by flowing water.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
A "shooting star," or meteor, is actually a meteoroid that burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The outer planets are small, rocky planets with iron cores.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Dark-colored, relatively flat regions of the Moon's surface that were formed when interior lava filled large basins are called ____.
a)
Craters
b)
volcanoes
c)
maria
d)
sedimentary rock
12.
A ____ occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on Earth.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
13.
The Sun's rays strike Earth at their northernmost and southernmost positions during ____.
a)
winter and summer solstices
b)
spring and fall equinoxes
c)
lunar eclipses
d)
solar eclipses
14.
The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called its ____.
a)
rotation
b)
ellipse
c)
revolution
d)
tilt
15.
Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is ____.
a)
turned away from the Sun
b)
tilted away from the Sun
c)
reviotilted toward the Sun
d)
turned toward the Sun
16.
____ has colorful clouds in bands of white, red, tan, and brown.
a)
Saturn
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
17.
In 1543, ____ published his views of Earth and other planets revolving around the Sun.
a)
Kepler
b)
Magellan
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
18.
Two of the inner planets are ____.
a)
Venus and Saturn
b)
Mars and Venus
c)
Earth and Pluto
d)
Mercury and Jupiter
19.
Smaller pieces of rock from old, broken-up comets become ____.
a)
comets
b)
meteorites
c)
meteoroids
d)
planetoids
20.
Small pieces of rock that enter Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 15 to 70 km/s and burn up are called ____.
a)
stars
b)
meteors
c)
meteorites
d)
asteroids
21.
____ are pieces of rock that strike the surface of a moon or planet.
a)
Meteoroids
b)
Comets
c)
Meteor showers
d)
Meteorites
22.
This planet has no true atmosphere.
a)
Mars
b)
Saturn
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mercury
23.
Pluto differs from the other outer planets in that ____.
a)
it is not surrounded by a dense atmosphere
b)
it is the only outer planet with a solid, rocky surface
c)
its moon, Charon, has a diameter equal to half of Pluto's
d)
all of the above
24.
Pluto is considered a ____ planet.
a)
large
b)
dwarf
c)
small
d)
huge
25.
Scientists hypothesize that the Sun formed ____.
a)
less than a billion years ago
b)
from a cloud of gas and dust
c)
less than a million years ago
d)
from a chunk of Jupiter
26.
Which is not a dwarf planet?
a)
Pluto
b)
Eris
c)
Mercury
d)
Ceres
27.
____ is the largest planet in the solar system, is the fifth planet from the Sun, and has colorful clouds. One of its 17 moons is the most volcanically active object in the solar system. The planet has a liquid ocean and atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium. It may have a rocky core, although its extreme pressure and temperature would make the core different from any rock on Earth.
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
28.
Solar energy trapped by gases in Venus's atmosphere causes ____.
a)
clouds to form
b)
its slow rotation
c)
the greenhouse effect
d)
a cooling effect
29.
Water is found as a solid, liquid, and gas on ____.
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
30.
People once believed that all planets and stars orbited around ____.
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
31.
Planets formed from ____ left over from the formation of the Sun at the center of the cloud.
a)
gravel
b)
gas, ice, and dust
c)
solar wind
d)
asteroids
32.
Mercury is the ____ planet from the Sun.
a)
fourth
b)
third
c)
second
d)
first
33.
____ is the third planet from the Sun.
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
34.
The order of the inner planets outward from the Sun is ____.
a)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, and Mars
b)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
c)
Mars, Venus, Earth, and Mercury
d)
Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury
35.
The orbits of ____ lie closer to the Sun than does Earth's orbit.
a)
Mercury and Mars
b)
Mercury and Venus
c)
Mars and Venus
d)
Jupiter and Mercury
36.
Venus and Earth both experience a ____ because of heat trapped by their atmospheres.
a)
cloud cover
b)
slow rotation
c)
greenhouse effect
d)
cooling effect
37.
The greenhouse effect on Earth keeps it warm enough for liquid water to exist. However, on Venus, the greenhouse effect warms the planet to ____.
a)
475°C
b)
900°C
c)
90°C
d)
47°C
38.
When did the International Astronomical Union create the category called dwarf planets?
a)
2003
b)
2004
c)
2005
d)
2006
39.
round, three-dimensional object and model of Earth
a)
axis
b)
sphere
c)
rotation
d)
revolution
40.
imaginary line extending between the poles around which Earth spins
a)
sphere
b)
axis
c)
rotation
d)
revolution
41.
turning of Earth on its axis
a)
sphere
b)
axis
c)
rotation
d)
revolution
42.
Earth's yearly orbit around the Sun
a)
sphere
b)
axis
c)
rotation
d)
revolution
43.
when the Sun's rays strike Earth directly at the equator
a)
equinox
b)
winter solstice
c)
moon phases
d)
waxing
44.
December 21 or 22
a)
equinox
b)
winter solstice
c)
moon phases
d)
waxing
45.
changing appearances of the Moon from Earth
a)
equinox
b)
winter solstice
c)
moon phases
d)
waxing
46.
Moon phase in which none of the lighted surface of the Moon can be seen from Earth
a)
equinox
b)
winters solstice
c)
moon phases
d)
waxing
47.
Moon phases in which the amount of lighted surface seen on Earth increases
a)
winter solstice
b)
moon phases
c)
waxing
d)
new moon
48.
iron oxide and polar ice caps
a)
mars
b)
jupiter
c)
saturn
d)
pluto
49.
largest planet
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Pluto
50.
most complex ring system
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Pluto
51.
dwarf planet
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Pluto
52.
liquid water oceans
a)
Mars
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Mercury
53.
craters, cliffs, and a weak magnetic field
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Mercury
d)
Venus
54.
greenhouse effect causes extremely high surface temperatures
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Uranus
55.
axis of rotation tilted on its side
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
56.
dark-colored storms and eight moons
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
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