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Test Review Earth's Cycles

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Earth would appear to have phases because the moon’s position in relationship to the Earth and sun is constantly changing in a predictable pattern.

a)

This answer is true

b)

This answer is false

c)

This can't be confirmed

d)

inability to answer this question

2.

What is the season shown in the diagram for the Northern hemisphere?

a)

Summer

b)

Winter

c)

Spring

d)

Fall

3.

What is the season shown in the diagram for the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Summer

b)

Winter

c)

Spring

d)

Fall

4.

Which is the reason the sunlight angle and intensity change?

a)

The Earth's tilted axis as it orbits.

b)

The Earth's axis NOT being tilted as it orbits.

c)

The Earth spinning as it orbits.

d)

The North pole pointing in different directions.

5.

What causes Earth's day and night?

a)

Earth's rotation

b)

Earth's revolution

c)

Earth's tilted axis

d)

Earth having a magnetic field

6.

What season is #1 in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Summer

b)

Fall

c)

Winter

d)

Spring

7.

What season is #2 in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Summer

b)

Fall

c)

Winter

d)

Spring

8.

What season is #3 in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Summer

b)

Fall

c)

Winter

d)

Spring

9.

What season is #4 in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Summer

b)

Fall

c)

Winter

d)

Spring

10.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.
a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

J

12.

A student shows a model of Earth and the moon to a class. Which picture shows how the moon appears from Earth when it is in the position shown in this model?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.
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
14.
What 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
15.
What percentage of the moon is alway illuminated
a)
50
b)
25
c)
75
d)
100
16.

What is the imaginary line that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

17.

What part of the earth experiences the LEAST fluctuation (changing) temperatures?

a)

The equator

b)

Tropic of cancer

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

The Poles

18.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon