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Review Units 1 and 2

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes the seasons to change?
a)
The warming and cooling of Earth's core.
b)
The distance from the sun.
c)
Earth's tilt in relation to the sun.
d)
Earth's rotation on its axis.
2.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
3.
What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere when it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
fall
4.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles.
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
5.
One rotation of Earth is equal to
a)
a day.
b)
a year.
6.
What is Earth's annual motion around the sun called?
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
7.
Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
8.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
9.
How many phases does the moon go through?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
10
d)
16
10.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
11.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
12.

The moon ____________ around the Earth.

a)

revolves

b)

rotates

c)

up

d)

down

13.
A lunar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Waxing moon
14.
A solar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Quarter moon
15.

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

a)

Lunar eclipse

b)

Solar eclipse

16.

When two equal forces act in opposite directions on an object, they are called ______________________.

a)

frictional force

b)

balanced force

c)

centripetal force

d)

gravitational force

17.

When an unbalanced force acts on an object, the force ______________________.

a)

changes the motion of the object

b)

is cancelled by another force

c)

does not change the motion of an object

d)

is equal to the weight of the object

18.

The resistance of an object to any change in its motion is called ______________________.

a)

inertia

b)

friction

c)

gravity

d)

weight

19.

According to Newton’s second law of motion, force is equal to mass times ______________________.

a)

inertia

b)

weight

c)

acceleration

d)

direction

20.

Acceleration is due to a force put on an objects mass.

a)

1st Law

b)

2nd Law

c)

3rd Law

21.
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Newton's 4th Law
22.
"An object in motion (or at rest) will to stay in motion (or at rest) until an outside force acts upon it."
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Newton's 4th Law
23.
The force of attraction between all matter.
a)
inertia
b)
friction
c)
net force
d)
gravity
24.
Gravity is increased with...
a)
greater mass & shorter distance
b)
greater mass & farther distance
c)
lower mass & shorter distance
d)
lower mass & farther distance
25.
A rocket in outer space continues to move.
a)
Newton's
1st
Law of Motion
b)
Newton's
2nd
Law of Motion
c)
Newton's
3rd
Law of Motion
26.
A skater pushes another skater forward, but the one pushing moves backwards.
a)
Newton's
1st
Law of Motion
b)
Newton's
2nd
Law of Motion
c)
Newton's
3rd
Law of Motion
27.
Mass is a measure of an object's inertia. Objects with greater mass have a greater inertia; objects with less mass have less inertia.
a)
true 
b)
false 
28.
Which objects have a STRONG force of gravity?
a)
Objects with GREATER mass, like elephants
b)
Objects with LESS mass, like mice
29.
Which has a STRONGER force of gravity, Earth or the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
30.
What is mass?
a)
How much MATTER makes up an object.
b)
How much GRAVITY is pulling an object.
31.
Where would you have more mass, on Earth or on the Moon?
a)
Earth
b)
Moon
c)
IS THE SAME, mass DOESN'T CHANGE
d)
In both Planets.
32.
Any object with mass has gravity.
a)
True
b)
Sometimes
c)
False
d)
Never
33.
As distance between two objects increase the pull of gravity 
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Stays the same
34.
Two factors effecting the magnitude of the force of gravity between 2 objects are...
a)
mass and distance 
b)
mass and matter
c)
distance and weight 
d)
weight and mass
35.

Why don't we have a solar or lunar eclipse every month?

a)

Because the sun sometimes aligns between the moon and Earth

b)

Because the sun is too big to be blocked

c)

Because the moon has a slightly tilted orbit

d)

They DO occur every month, we just don't see them!

36.
Without gravity, the stars, planets and all celestial objects in the universe would _?_.
a)
continue to orbit each other
b)
move in a random direction
c)
move in a straight line
d)
stop moving
37.
What force keeps the planets orbiting the sun?
a)
Gravity
b)
Magnetism
c)
Electricity
d)
Friction
38.
Within its orbit, as the planet gets closer to its host star:
a)
the planet speeds up.
b)
the force of gravity on the planet increases.
c)
the temperature of the planet increases.
d)
all of the above.
39.

Based on this pattern, which moon phase will come next?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

40.

A student made a model of how the planets orbit the sun. She used a tennis ball to represent the sun. She used ping-pong balls to represent each planet, and painted each one a different color. Then, she placed all the ping-pong balls equal distances apart in a line extending out from the sun. What are two limitations of the student's model?

a)

She used the same size balls to represent the planets.

b)

She made planets orbit the sun.

c)

The planets are not the correct distances from the sun.

d)

The solar system can't be modeled using actual objects.

41.

This shows

a)

Size difference between the planets accurately

b)

Distance between the planets accurately

c)

Both size and distance accurately

42.

What is the center of our solar system?

a)

The sun

b)

Earth

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

43.

Why do scientists use scale to study the Solar System?

a)

The solar system is too large to study without using scale models

b)

The solar system is too small to study without using scale models

c)

Scientists don't need to use scale because we have satellites

d)

All of the above

44.
Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?
a)
Sun and moon orbit Earth
b)
Earth and moon orbit Sun
c)
Earth orbit's the Sun and the moon orbits Earth
d)
Earth and sun orbit moon

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