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SCIENCE IV TERM GENERAL REVIEW

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The spinning of an object on its axis is called______
a)
orbit
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
tide
2.
What is a revolution?
a)
standing still
b)
spinning in place about an axis
c)
bouncing to another object
d)
one object moving around another object
3.
How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
d)
29.5 days
4.

How long does it take the Earth to do the rotation movement?

a)

365 days

b)

24 hours

c)

24 hours + 6 hours

d)

28 days

5.
Day and night is caused by the . . .
a)
revolution of Earth around the Sun
b)
orbit of Earth around the Moon
c)
rotation of earth on its axis.
d)
rotation of the Moon on it's axis
6.
As the Earth travels around the sun, the tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the. . . 
a)
months
b)
day and night
c)
seasons
d)
years
7.

According to the image...

a)

It's summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere

b)

It's autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere

c)

It's winter in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere

d)

It's spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere

8.
What are ocean tides?
a)
Long waves due to the gravitational pull of the moon only.
b)
Long period waves caused by wind.
c)
Short period waves caused by wind. 
d)
Long waves due to the gravitational pull between the Earth,sun and the moon
9.

What is a high tide?

a)

Sea pulled TOWARD the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

b)

Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is FARTHEST to the moon

c)

Sea pulled AWAY from the moon where Earth is CLOSEST to the moon

10.

How many hours are there between the low tide and the high tide?

a)

4

b)

12

c)

6

d)

24

11.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
12.
Spring tides and neap tides occur in patterns governed by the
a)
phases of the moon
b)
seasons (fall, winter, etc.)
c)
surface currents
d)
deep sea currents
13.

Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

a)

full moon tide

b)

new moon tide

c)

neap tide

d)

spring tide

14.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
15.

The moon rotates around the earth once, about every . . .

a)

27 days

b)

15 days

c)

28 days

d)

365 days

16.
How many phases does the moon have?
a)
8
b)
7
c)
6
17.

What is this Moon Phase?

a)

Full Moon

b)

Quarter Moon

18.

Refers to the phases where the moon is

a)

less than half illuminated.

b)

is more than half illuminated.

19.

Which Moon Phase is this image representing?

a)

New Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous

20.

Waxing essentially means

a)

"shrinking" or decreasing in illumination.

b)

"growing" or expanding in illumination.

21.
What is this a picture of?
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Crescent
22.

Refers to phases where the moon

a)

is "growing" or expanding in illumination

b)

is more than half illuminated

23.

What is this Phase Moon image of?

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waning Gibbous

24.

Waning means

a)

"growing" or expanding in illumination.

b)

"shrinking" or decreasing in illumination

25.

Which Moon Phase is this one?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waning Crescent

26.

What are machines?

a)

Machines are things which play with an object

b)

Machines are instruments which give us things

c)

Machines are instruments which help us perform a job

d)

Machines are objects which help us only on Wednesday

27.

Types of machines

a)

Simple and complete machines

b)

Simple and compound machines

c)

Simple and non-simple machines

d)

Compound and essential machines

28.

Types of simple machines

a)

Wheel, lever, pulley and inclined earth

b)

Chair, lever, pulley

c)

Wheel, arrow and inclined circule

d)

Wheel, lever, pulley and inclined plane

29.

What are compound machines?

a)

Consist of one simple machines like a wheel

b)

Consist of two or more simple objects

c)

Consist of two or more compound machines

d)

Consist of two or more simple machines

30.

Three of these are compound machines. Which ones?

a)

Cars

b)

Wheel

c)

Bicycles

d)

Scissors

e)

Pulley

31.

Which of these is a compound machine?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

This simple machine is a ....

a)

... inclined plane

b)

... lever

c)

... pulley

33.

This simple machine is a ....

a)

... pulley

b)

... inclined plane

c)

... lever

34.
Stairs are a 
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
inclined plane
d)
wheel and axle
35.
a)

Simple machine

b)

Complex machine

36.
a)

Simple machine

b)

Complex machine

37.
a)

Simple machine

b)

Complex machine

38.
a)

Simple machine

b)

Complex machine

39.
a)

Simple machine

b)

Complex machine

40.
a)

Simple machine

b)

Complex machine

41.
What kind of simple machine?
a)
pulley
b)
wheel and axle
c)
lever
d)
wedge
42.
What kind of simple machine is the wooden structure?
a)
wedge
b)
lever
c)
inclined plane
d)
screw
43.
Is this a simple machine or compound machine?
a)
Simple Machine
b)
Compound Machine
44.

Which two people are using a compound machine?

a)
b)
c)
d)
45.

Which two people are using pulleys?

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
46.

Marawan is doing a report on compound machines. Which is the best way to describe a compound machine?

a)

a machine that is like a nail with threads wrapped around it

b)

a machine that makes moving and lifting things easier

c)

a machine made up of two or more simple machines

d)

a machine made of two inclined planes back to back

47.

This girl is using a compound machine.


Which two simple machines make up this compound machine?

a)

inclined plane and pulley

b)

fulcrum and lever

c)

wedge and screw

d)

. lever and wedge

48.
A fishing pole is an example of a compound machine. What simple machines are used to make up this compound machine?
a)
lever, wheel and axle, pulley
b)
wheel and axle, inclined plane, pulley
c)
wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane
49.

The fixed point on the lever is called

a)

load

b)

resistance

c)

bar

d)

fulcrum

50.

When force is used to move an object across a distance, this is called...

a)

effort

b)

power

c)

energy

d)

work