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WorksheetsUniverse Summative Assessment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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1.
What is gravity?
a)
The force of attraction that moves objects toward its center.
b)
The orbital path of an object around another object.
c)
The imaginary line that an object spins on.
d)
When a celestial body (object in space) is blocked (or partially covered) by another object in space.
2.
What is revolution?
a)
The force of attraction that moves objects toward its center.
b)
The orbital path of an object around another object.
c)
The imaginary line that an object spins on.
d)
When a celestial body (object in space) is blocked (or partially covered) by another object in space.
3.
What is an axis?
a)
The force of attraction that moves objects toward its center.
b)
The orbital path of an object around another object.
c)
The imaginary line that an object spins on.
d)
When a celestial body (object in space) is blocked (or partially covered) by another object in space.
4.
What is an eclipse?
a)
The force of attraction that moves objects toward its center.
b)
The orbital path of an object around another object.
c)
The imaginary line that an object spins on.
d)
When a celestial body (object in space) is blocked (or partially covered) by another object in space.
5.
What is rotation?
a)
The spinning of an object on its axis.
b)
The orbital path of an object around another object.
c)
Rays of sunlight that strike Earth straight on.
d)
Rays of sunlight that strike Earth strike Earth at an angle and not straight on.
6.
What are direct light rays?
a)
The spinning of an object on its axis.
b)
The orbital path of an object around another object.
c)
Rays of sunlight that strike Earth straight on.
d)
Rays of sunlight that strike Earth strike Earth at an angle and not straight on.
7.
What are indirect light rays?
a)
The spinning of an object on its axis.
b)
The orbital path of an object around another object.
c)
Rays of sunlight that strike Earth straight on.
d)
Rays of sunlight that strike Earth strike Earth at an angle and not straight on.
8.
What causes seasons?
a)
The moon
b)
The tilt of the earth
c)
The earth spinning on its axis
d)
How close the earth is to the sun
9.
How do you know if it is winter?
a)
The tilt of the earth in the Northern Hemisphere is pointed toward the sun.
b)
The tilt of the earth in the Northern Hemisphere is pointed away from the sun.
c)
When the weather is cold.
d)
None of these.
10.
How do you know if it is summer?
a)
The tilt of the earth in the Northern Hemisphere is pointed toward the sun.
b)
The tilt of the earth in the Northern Hemisphere is pointed away from the sun.
c)
When the weather is cold.
d)
None of these.
11.
Why do we have moon phases?
a)
As the moon revolves around Earth, we see different amount of light on the moon that is reflected from the sun.
b)
The moon spins showing different parts of the sun.
12.
Is this image during summer or winter?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
13.
Is this image during summer or winter?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
14.
What is one thing wrong with this image? (hint: there is more than one thing wrong in the picture, but only 1 answer is listed below).
a)
New moon should NOT be colored in.
b)
First and third quarter should be switched.
c)
Waxing Gibbous is backwards.
d)
Waning Crescent should be flipped.
15.
Is this a solar or lunar eclipse?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
c)
Neither
16.
Is this a solar or lunar eclipse?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
c)
Neither
17.
Is this a solar or lunar eclipse?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
c)
Neither
18.
Which direction does the moon revolve around the earth?
a)
Clockwise
b)
Counter-Clockwise
19.
Which direction does the earth revolve around the sun?
a)
Clockwise
b)
Counter-Clockwise
20.
What creates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
a)
The earth's axis
b)
The earth's equator
c)
The earth's revolution around the sun
d)
The earth's rotation
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