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super hard quizzz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
a)
Europe and Africa
b)
Asia and Antarctica
c)
North America and Australia
d)
North America and South America
2.
What does a map’s scale compare?
a)
direction on a map with direction on Earth
b)
distance on a map with distance on Earth
c)
location on a map with location on a globe
d)
distortion on a map with distortion on a globe
3.
the northern-most ocean in the world
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
4.
imaginary line found at zero degrees latitude
a)
Isthmus
b)
Border
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Equator
5.
The point on the southern hemisphere that is the farthest south (90 degrees south of the equator)
a)
North Pole
b)
South Pole
c)
Equator
d)
Canada
6.
the term for one-half of a globe or one-half of the planet Earth
a)
Sphere
b)
Legend
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Hemisphere
7.
Largest continent in the world
a)
Africa
b)
United States
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
8.
imaginary line found at zero degrees longitude
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Longitude
d)
Latitude
9.
body of land surrounded by water on three sides
a)
Island
b)
Isthmus
c)
Peninsula
d)
Bay
10.
a tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and sometimes intermediate directions
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Rose Graph
c)
Legend
d)
Map Key
11.
Ocean found to the East of the United States
a)
Pacific
b)
Indian
c)
Atlantic
d)
Australian
12.
Ocean found to the South of Asia
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Asian
d)
Indian
13.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in ________.
a)
inches
b)
Feet
c)
Degrees
d)
Grams
14.
What is the continent that is pink?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
15.
What is the continent that is light green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
16.

Diction is the literary term that means

a)

The connections we have with words

b)

An author's choice of words

c)

The definition of words

d)

The common way of speaking with friends

17.

Refers to the feelings and ideas a word evokes.

a)

Synonym

b)

Denotation

c)

Connotation

d)

Diction

18.

Denotation is a word's ____________.

a)

Literal, dictionary definition

b)

Emotional meaning

c)

Diction

d)

Mood

19.

Mood refers to...

a)

The definition of words used in a text

b)

The choices an author makes in a text

c)

Relating to a text

d)

The emotional setting of a text

20.

what is a metaphor

a)

is when someone compares you to something without saying like

b)

when you say a hint to someone

c)

when you compare with someone saying like

d)

I don´t know

21.

A simile.....

a)

tells what a person likes

b)

compares two unlike things using the words like or as

c)

compares two similar things

d)

tells what a person is doing

22.
Identify the metaphor
a)
My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
b)
My heart is a muscle.
c)
My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
d)
My heart is like a muscle.
23.

What is theme?

a)

a brief account of the main facts about something

b)

a main topic or message in a the story

c)

a way to describe things

d)

what your essay is going to be about (claim)

24.
Simile or Metaphor:
My sister is like an angel in my life.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
25.

What is textual evidence?

a)

Your claim.

b)

Proof from the text to support your answer.

c)

What the author thinks about a topic.

d)

An explanation in your own words about your claim.

26.
If an object in space orbits around the sun, is larger than Earth, cold, and has an atmosphere of gas, what is it?
a)
a star
b)
a planet
c)
a comet
d)
an asteroid
27.
What is the Milky Way?
a)
a candy bar
b)
a star
c)
a solar system
d)
a galaxy
28.
What is a planet?
a)
a rock
b)
object that rotates with moons
c)
object that revolves around a star in its own orbit
d)
object that is gas and bright
29.
What planets are the inner planets? 
a)
Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus
b)
Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Venus
c)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
d)
Earth, Mars, Neptune, Pluto
30.
What are the outer planets?
a)
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto
b)
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
c)
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Earth
d)
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
31.
What are the outer planets made of?
a)
rock
b)
rock, with gaseous atmospheres
c)
hydrogen and helium gases
d)
water
32.
What are asteroids made of?
a)
rock
b)
rock and ice
c)
ice
d)
gas
33.
Describe the differences of inner and outer planets.
a)
Inner planets are small rocky planets, outer planets are large and gaseous
b)
Inner planets are large and gaseous, and outer planets are small hot planets
c)
Inner planets are rocky  and large, outer planets are small and rocky
d)
Inner planets are small gaseous planets, outer planets are large rocky planets.
34.
Why does it seem like the North Star never moves but the other stars do?
a)
Because the stars rotate but not the North Star.
b)
No stars move, it is all how the Earth rotates.
c)
Earth revolves around the sun so each night there are different stars.
d)
The stars are moving around Earth, but not the North Star.
35.
Gas, dust, billions of stars and planets describes what space entity?
a)
Solar System
b)
Galaxy
c)
Moon
d)
Sun
36.
Which letter best represents Summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
37.
Which is the best explanation for why Northern Hemisphere experiences winter?
a)
The Earth is farther from the Sun.
b)
The Earth is closer to the Sun.
c)
The Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
d)
The Northern Hemisphere gets indirect sunlight and titled away from the Sun.
38.
The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
a)
vernal equinox
b)
axis
c)
solar eclipse
d)
solar flare
39.
Earth's rotation on its axis is what causes ______________________________.
a)
seasons
b)
moon phases
c)
day and night
d)
weather
40.
What moon phase is at position 5? 
a)
waxing crescent 
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
full moon
d)
waning crescent