WorksheetsEnd of Year Test
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins
What type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms, lightning, heavy rain, hail and tornadoes?
Cumulonimbus
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Which of the following does NOT affect the weather?
The temperature of the air
The speed of the wind
The types of clouds in the sky
The phase of the moon
This storm covers a narrow path, yet it is extremely destructive. It often forms over flat land. What storm is described?
Flood
Hurricane
Tornado
Thunderstorm
This storm is the most powerful electrical storm. What storm is described?
Hurricane
Thunderstorm
Tornado
Flood
This storm forms over water, but it weakens when it moves across land. What storm is described?
Hurricane
Thunderstorm
Tornado
Flood
Which fluffy, white clouds with flat bottoms are usually present during fair weather?
Cumulonimbus
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cool air molecules move ...
quickly
slowly
Warm air molecules move
faster
slower
Warm air molecules take up...
less space
more space
As the temperature rises, air pressure...
increases
decreases
Air is made up of a mixture of many different kinds of gases.
True
False
Which box below shows a more dense object?
Left
Right
Which feature is created by all 3 types of plate boundaries.
Earthquakes
Mountains
Subduction Zones
Volcanoes
How do convergent plates move?
They pull away from each other.
They slide by each other.
They move to connect to each other.
It depends, sometimes they move close to each other, sometimes they move far apart.
What is the measure of the amount of ground shaking during an earthquake?
Intensity
Epicenter
Magnitude
Seismogram
The most destructive type of wave is a
P-wave
S-wave
Surface wave
transverse wave
How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 6 quake on the Richter Scale?
2 times bigger
20 times bigger
48 times bigger
100 times bigger
Which wave can travel through solids, liquids, and gases?
P-Waves
S-Waves
Surface (L) Waves
A company is likely to mine a site if the site
is rich in minerals
contains gold
contains minerals that can be extracted economically
does not contain gangue minerals
How many stars are in our solar system?
too many to count
billions
one
only the stars that we can see
Why does the sun feel so hot and look like the brightest star in our sky?
It is yellow.
It is the biggest star.
We can see it in the daytime.
It is the closest star to earth.
Stars are composed of _____________.
solids
liquids
gases
Stars emit which two forms of energy?
fire and ice
fire and heat
heat and light
light and fire
The stars in a constellation APPEAR to be close to each other in the shape, but they actually may be ______.
very close to each other
great distances apart from each other
in our Solar System
When we see the Andromeda galaxy, we are seeing it as it was 2.3 million years ago. Why?
it takes light that length of time to travel
light travels really slow in outer space
light travels faster than sound
it is an ancient galaxy
Which does the existance of cosmic background radiation support?
the Big Bang Theory
the inflationary model
critical density
Hubble constant
which would cause the universe to collapse in on itself to make a closed universe?
momentum of outward expanision
force of gravity
critical density
Hubble constant
Our galaxy is called
Centaurus A
Andromeda
the Milky Way
Triangulum
Which type of galaxy is illustrated?
spiral
elliptical
irregular
it's not a galaxy
According to latest theories, the Big Bang happened
3 million years ago
about 13.8 billion years ago
3 billion years ago
4.5 billion years ago
What is the origin of the cosmic background radiation?
it is a remnant of the Big Bng
it is emitted by radio galaxies
it is dark energy
it is emitted by stars
In the Big Bang model, which describes a universe that will stop expanding and begin to contract?
flat
open
closed
elliptical
Our Sun is just one of many millions of stars in a froup of stars called a
universe
solar system
cosmos
galaxy
What was in part of the Milky Way prior to 4.6 billion years ago?
nothing
a cloud of dust and gas
other planets
a supernova star
The light from most distant galaxies is ____.
always infrared
shifted toward the red end of the spectrum
always ultraviolet
shifted towards the blue end of the spectrum
Which galaxy shape is not a part of Hubble's classification system?
spherical
spiral
elliptical
irregular
the study of cosmology is concerned with
the nature of the universe
the origin of the universe
the evolution of the universe
all of these
the Milky Way contains a large central bulge made up mostly of
young stars
old red stars
dust and gas
remnants of supernovas
Which scientist was the first to find evidence that the universe is expanding
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Edwin Hubble
Stephen Hawking
At what time point in the Universe's history did all the forces in nature appear along with particles, neutrons, protons, and electrons?
One second after the Big Bang
Three minutes after the Big Bang
500,000 years after the Big Bang
1 million years after the Big Bang
Edwin Hubble's discoveries were so important that he had something named after him.
What was it?
The Hubble bridge
The Hubble satellite
The Hubble space orbiter
The Hubble space telescope
Because light takes time to travel through space, we see objects as they were when the light was given out, not as they are now.
True
False
The unit of length that astronomers use is the
light year
meter
mile
kilometer
Our universe is made up of at least a
million galaxies
million stars
billion galaxies
hundred planets
If you feed me I will live, if you give me a drink I will die. What am I?
Nothing
Homeless man?
Fire
...
What can be measured but not seen?
Nothing
Air?
Time
...
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Ball
Egg
Bat
I am full of hole but still can hold water . What am I ?
(a)
I am lighter than a feather but still the world strongest man also can't hold me for more than 1 minute . What am I ?
(a)
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
(a)
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner? (Make sure you put A or An next to the noun)
(a)
You can catch me all the time. Whenever you let me go, I'm not the same anymore.
(a)
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
(a)
How many circles have dots?
11
12
13
14
What is the weight of three animals together?
24
25
26
27
What is the value of the third equation?
1
2
3
4
How can we make this given equation correct by moving only two sticks?
3+5=8
6+2=8
3+3=6
9-9=0
What is the value of the question mark?
3
2
1
4
What is the value of the 4th ball?
1
2
3
4
With what you will replace the question mark?
3
4
2
1
What is the value of the RED question mark?
400
410
420
430
One of these is Cupid
But it doesn’t have a bow
Instead it pulls a sleigh
Through the air and lands on snow
Cow
Reindeer
Horse
Donkey
This provides meat that you would eat
When breakfast you are makin’
A chicken is what gives the eggs
And this is what gives bacon
Pig
Cow
Goat
Sheep
My wings are used as flippers
So in water I can flow
Sometimes when on land I slide
On my belly in the snow
Swan
Penguin
Chicken
Duck
I am known as a king
The jungle’s where I reign
It is hard to tame me
And I have a large mane
Tiger
Panther
Elephant
Lion
I travel very slowly
When gliding along the ground
Maybe my shell weighs me down
In your garden I am found
Turtle
Butterfly
Snail
Sloth
I am the furthest point or limit of something because I am called ……?
Ethnicity
Enormity
Extremity
Seething
I am a straight line, and I run from the centre of a circle to the circumference of a circle or sphere. Can you guess my name?
perimeter
Diameter
Diagonal
Radius
I take ten long years to get completed, and then people call me a ……??
Century
Decade
Millennium
Ancient
I have the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis because I am called ……?
Symmetry
Circumference
Coordinates
Probability
I am a semi-circular instrument and I measure angles. Who am I?
Quarter
Protractor
Obtuse
Perpendicular
I am one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is/may be divided because I am a ……?
Radius
Quarter
Diameter
Polyhedron
Tick all that apply.
I prefer the night, and give you a fright.
Shadow
Werewolf
Vampire
Candy canes
I'm long when I'm young
I'm short when I'm old,
When there is no light
People think I'm gold.
(a)
