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WorksheetsReporting Category 3 Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 40mins
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Class
Date
1.
An earthquake is -
a)
crust through which lava escapes
b)
a sudden movement in the Earth's crust
c)
a kind of chemical weathering that changes the Earth
d)
a huge wave that washes over the Earth
2.
When lots of rain falls in a day, people living in that area should watch out for -
a)
hurricanes
b)
earthquakes
c)
volcanoes
d)
landslides
3.
How can an area benefit form volcanic activity?
a)
farmland and crops are destroyed
b)
new land masses and islands are formed
c)
poisonous gases are produced
d)
roads are buried by flowing lava
4.
A ____ is destructive because masses of dirt or rock slide down a slope to change the landscape. Houses or even towns may be destroyed or covered in dirt and rocks.
a)
hurricane
b)
landslide
c)
tornado
d)
volcano
5.
The sun and everything that revolves around it.
a)
solar system
b)
galaxy
c)
universe
d)
rotation
6.
The imaginary line running through the center of Earth.
a)
axis
b)
moon
c)
constellation
d)
orbit
7.
The star at the center of our solar system.
a)
Sun
b)
moon
c)
orbit
d)
axis
8.
The moon appears to change shape because of _____.
a)
the Moon's revolution around Earth
b)
the seasons of the year
c)
the movement of stars in they sky
d)
Earth's rotation on its axis
9.
What causes Earth's seasons?
a)
the tilt of Earth's axis
b)
Earth's rotation
c)
the revolution of the Moon
d)
Earth's distance from the Sun
10.
The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.
a)
night and day
b)
constellations
c)
Earth's seasons
d)
the phases of the moon
11.
It takes Earth _________ to make one complete rotation on its axis.
a)
24 hours
b)
365 days
c)
28 days
d)
24 days
12.
It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.
a)
365 days
b)
365 hours
c)
28 days
d)
24 hours
13.
It takes about _____________ for the moon to go through all of its phases.
a)
28 days
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours
d)
24 days
14.
A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.
a)
planet
b)
moon
c)
star
d)
super nova
15.
To increase or get bigger.
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
16.
To decrease or get smaller
a)
waning
b)
waxing
17.
The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day.
a)
Rotate
b)
Revolve
18.
When does a waning moon occur?
a)
just after a full moon
b)
just after a crescent moon
c)
when all of the Moon's near side is dark
d)
between a first-quarter moon and a new moon
19.
The largest planet in our solar system is
a)
Uranus
b)
Neptune
c)
Pluto
d)
Jupiter
20.
What type of moon?
a)
Full Moon
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
New Moon
d)
Waning Gibbous
21.
What type of Moon?
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
Cresent
d)
Quarter
22.
The rise and fall of the surface level of the oceans, bays, gulfs, inlets, and estuaries, caused by gravitational attraction of the moon and the sun.
a)
Tide
b)
crater
c)
gravity
d)
quarter
23.
What type of Moon?
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
Cresent
d)
Quarter
24.
What type of Moon?
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
Crescent
d)
Quarter
25.
What type of Moon?
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
Crescent
d)
Last/Third Quarter
26.
What is the 4th planet from the Sun
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Mars
27.
What is the eight planet from the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Uranus
c)
Neptune
d)
Saturn
28.
What is the planet closest to the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
29.
What is the 6th planet from the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
30.
How many Earth's will fit inside the sun?
a)
A little over 1 million
b)
1500
c)
A little over 2 million
d)
4 million
31.
__________holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
a)
Force
b)
Motion
c)
Weight
d)
Gravity
32.
What is a saying to remember the order of the planets?
a)
my very excellent mother just served us nachos
b)
my very excellent mother just served us no pizza
c)
In a galaxy far, far, away
d)
my excellent mother gave us spam
33.
If it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Spring
b)
Fall
c)
Winter
d)
Summer
34.
What happens when the area you live in tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer
b)
It is spring
c)
It is fall
d)
It is winter
35.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
36.
Which planet rotates on its side as seen from Earth?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
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