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Earth and Moon Check In Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following est describes a transform boundary?

a)

2 plates slide past each other

b)

an ocean plate dives beneath a continental plate

c)

2 plates pull apart from each other

d)

2 plates collide

2.

Which of the following is most likely to cause mountains but not volcanoes?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Oceanic to Continental Convergent Boundary

c)

Continental to Continental Convergent Boundary

d)

Transform Boundary

3.

Volcanic Islands that form far from a plate boundary are likely caused by what?

a)

convergent boundary

b)

hot spot

c)

gravity

d)

the moon

4.

Which of the following best describes the interior of the Earth

a)

Solid rock

b)

Totally empty

c)

Layers of both liquid and rock

d)

Hot gasses

5.

What country was first to put a man on the moon?

a)

USA

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

6.

What country was first to put a man in space?

a)

USA

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

7.

Which planet would travel faster in its orbit?

a)

a planet close to its sun

b)

a planet far from its sun

c)

a planet in a circular orbit

d)

a planet in a very stretched out orbit

8.

Which factor is the cause of the seasons?

a)

the tilt of the Earth

b)

the position of the Moon

c)

how close the Earth is to the Sun

d)

the rotation of the Sun

9.

At what point would this orbiting object be moving the fastest?

a)

The top

b)

The bottom

c)

The left

d)

The Right

e)

It has the same speed everywhere

10.

Which phase of the moon is shown in this diagram?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

11.

A solar eclipse happens during which phase of the moon?

a)

Last Quarter

b)

Full Moon

c)

New Moon

d)

Waxing Gibbous

12.

Approximately how much time passes from one New Moon to the next New Moon

a)

24 hours

b)

265 days

c)

1 week

d)

28 days

13.

Night can best be described as...

a)

The Moon causing shadows on the Earth

b)

One half of the Earth being on the opposite side of the Sun

c)

The Sun turning off

d)

Everyone on the planet putting on sunglasses at the same time

14.

Which of the following best describes the cause of the tides?

a)

The gravitational pull of the Moon

b)

The light from the Moon

c)

The movement of the Earth

d)

The heat from the Sun

15.

Give one reason why the surface of the moon is cold.

a)

The Moon has no atmosphere

b)

The Moon has no life

c)

The Moon is further from the Sun

d)

The Moon is always dark