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Class
Date
1.

What is this moon phase?

a)

waxing crescent

b)

1st quarter

c)

waning gibbous

d)

3rd quarter

2.

What is this moon phase?

a)

new moon

b)

full moon

c)

1st quarter

d)

waxing gibbous

3.

What is this moon phase?

a)

waning gibbous

b)

waxing gibbous

c)

new moon

d)

full moon

4.

What is this moon phase?

a)

1st quarter

b)

waning crescent

c)

waxing crescent

d)

waxing gibbous

5.

What is this moon phase?

a)

full moon

b)

waxing gibbous

c)

waning gibbous

d)

3rd quarter

6.

What is this moon phase?

a)

3rd quarter

b)

1st quarter

c)

waning gibbous

d)

waxing crescent

7.

What is this moon phase?

a)

new moon

b)

waxing crescent

c)

3rd quarter

d)

waning crescent

8.

What is the order of the moon phases?

a)

full moon, waxing gibbous, 1st quarter, waxing crescent, new moon, waning crescent, 3rd quarter, waning gibbous

b)

new moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent

c)

new moon, 1st quarter, waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning crescent, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter

d)

new moon, waning crescent, 3rd quarter, waning gibbous, full moon, waxing gibbous, 1st quarter, waxing crescent

9.

What is this moon phase?

a)

waxing gibbous

b)

1st quarter

c)

waning gibbous

d)

full moon

10.

What does waxing mean?

a)

illumination is getting smaller on the left

b)

illumination is getting smaller on the right

c)

illumination is getting bigger on the left

d)

illumination is getting bigger on the right

11.

What does waning mean?

a)

illumination is getting bigger on the right

b)

illumination is getting smaller on the left

c)

illumination is getting smaller on the right

d)

illumination is getting bigger on the left

12.

What does crescent mean?

a)

fully illuminated

b)

half illuminated

c)

more than half illuminated

d)

less than half illuminated

13.

What does gibbous mean?

a)

more than half illuminated

b)

half illuminated

c)

less than half illuminated

d)

no illumination

14.

What does quarter mean?

a)

fully illuminated

b)

less than half illuminated

c)

half illuminated

d)

more than half illuminated

15.

What does a full moon look like?

a)

more than half illuminated

b)

fully illuminated

c)

no illumination

d)

half illuminated

16.

What does a new moon look like?

a)

no illumination

b)

fully illuminated

c)

half illuminated

d)

less than half illuminated

17.

What is the 1st moon phase?

a)

waning crescent

b)

full moon

c)

waxing crescent

d)

new moon

18.

What is the 2nd moon phase?

a)

1st quarter

b)

waxing crescent

c)

waning crescent

d)

waxing gibbous

19.

What is the 3rd moon phase?

a)

waxing gibbous

b)

3rd quarter

c)

1st quarter

d)

full moon

20.

What is the 4th moon phase?

a)

3rd quarter

b)

waning gibbous

c)

full moon

d)

waxing gibbous

21.

What is the 5th moon phase?

a)

full moon

b)

new moon

c)

waning gibbous

d)

3rd quarter

22.

What is the 6th moon phase?

a)

waxing gibbous

b)

3rd quarter

c)

waning gibbous

d)

waxing crescent

23.

What is the 7th moon phase?

a)

full moon

b)

3rd quarter

c)

1st quarter

d)

waning gibbous

24.

What is the 8th moon phase?

a)

full moon

b)

waxing crescent

c)

waning gibbous

d)

waning crescent

25.

What causes moon phases?

a)

The moon is half illuminated by the earth, and as it orbits, we see more sun.

b)

Mrs. Turman's magical powers.

c)

The moon is half illuminated by the sun, and as the moon orbits the earth, we see different amounts of that illuminated side.

d)

The earth is illuminated by the sun and as it orbits the moon, we see different amounts of illumination.

26.
darkest, innermost part of the shadow
a)
penumbra
b)
umbra
27.
lighter, outer part of the shadow
a)
penumbra
b)
umbra
28.
What type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun's light and cast a shadow on earth?
a)
solar
b)
lunar
29.

What type of eclipse occurs when the earth's shadow is cast on the moon?

a)

solar

b)

lunar

30.
What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?
a)
Full moon
b)
new moon
c)
1st quarter
d)
waxing gibbous
31.
What moon phase occurs during a lunar eclipse?
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
3rd quarter
d)
waxing crescent
32.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Solar eclipse
b)
Lunar eclipse
33.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
34.

When is a lunar eclipse visible ?

a)

day

b)

night

c)

varies

35.

What time is a solar eclipse visible ?

a)

day

b)

night

c)

varies

36.

Where do you have to be in order to see a total lunar eclipse?

a)

in the Path of Totality (umbra)

b)

anywhere on Earth

c)

on the nighttime side of Earth

37.

Why don't we see lunar eclipses every month?

a)

the Moon's orbit is tilted

b)

it has to be nighttime

c)

we actually do see them every month

38.

Which eclipse is the more rare?

a)

solar

b)

lunar

39.
The sun's atmosphere is called the _______.
a)

solar corona

b)
preumbra
c)
umbra
d)
Milky Way
40.
What makes the moon turn reddish in a total lunar eclipse?
a)
Earth's Atmosphere
b)
Earth's Rotation
c)
Earth's Water
d)
Earth's Orbit
41.
This image is an example of 
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
New Moon
c)
Solar Eclipse
d)
Full Moon
42.
This image is an example of
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Full Moon
c)
New Moon
d)
Solar Eclipse
43.

Where do you have to be to see a solar eclipse?

a)

night side of earth

b)

path of totality

c)

day side of earth

d)

anywhere

44.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon 
d)
Venus
45.

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

46.

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

a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
47.
What causes tides?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
48.
How many low tides and high tides happen in a day?
a)
1 low tide, 1 high tide
b)
4 low tides, 4 high tides
c)
3 low tides, 3 high tides
d)
2 low tides, 2 high tides
49.
What do we call a tide that has a large range?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
50.
What do we call tides that have a smaller range that happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other?
a)
Neap Tide
b)
Spring Tide
c)
Larger Change
d)
Smaller Change
51.

What are the three types of solar eclipses?

a)

total, partial, annular

b)

total, partial, penumbral

c)

total, partial

d)

total, annular, penumbral

52.

What are the three type of lunar eclipses?

a)

total, annular, penumbral

b)

total, partial

c)

total, partial, penumbral

d)

total, partial, annular

53.

Which of the following objects is the center of our solar system?

a)

Pluto

b)

Earth

c)

Sun

d)

Asteroid

54.

What is the difference between revolution and rotation?

a)

Rotation is going around another object and revolution is spinning in place.

b)

These words mean the same thing.

c)

Rotation is spinning on an axis and revolution and going around another object.

d)

Rotation is when an object moves and revolution is when an object stops moving.

55.

Earth's rotation is about how long?

a)

22 hours

b)

8 hours

c)

16 hours

d)

24 hours

56.

Which object in our solar system has the greatest mass?

a)

Mercury

b)

Sun

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

57.

The amount of matter in an object is known as its _______.

a)

Volume

b)

Weight

c)

Mass

d)

Density

58.

Gravity depends on which of the following:

a)

Mass

b)

Volume

c)

Radius

d)

Surface area

59.

True or False: The greater the mass of an object, the greater the amount of gravitational force it has.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

How does the time it takes for a planet to orbit the sun change as you move through the solar system?

a)

Planets furthest from the sun take the longest time to orbit.

b)

Planets closest to the sun take the longest time to orbit.

c)

The time to orbit is about the same for all planets.

d)

Inner planets have long orbits and outer planets have short orbits.

61.

Which planet is the largest planet?

a)

Mercury

b)

Neptune

c)

Saturn

d)

Jupiter

62.

Which has more mass, the Earth or the Moon?

a)

Earth

b)

Moon

c)

Their masses are the same

63.
What is gravity?
a)
A force
b)
Energy
c)
A push
d)
All of them
64.

Which has a STRONGER force of gravity, the Earth or the Moon?

a)

Earth

b)

Moon

65.
Spinning of the Earth on its axis is called...
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
orbit
d)
double axis
66.
The EARTH REVOLVES around the:
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
The Earth doesn't revolve
d)
The sun rotates
67.
Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
d)
space
68.
What motion of the Earth takes 365 days?
a)
Rotation
b)
Tilting 
c)
Revolution
d)
Spinning
69.
Completed in one year
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
70.

The further you get from the sun, the _ you get.

a)

younger

b)

older

c)

bigger

d)

smaller

71.

What is the 1st of the scientific method?

a)

observation

b)

question

c)

method

d)

hypothesis

72.

What is the 2nd step of the scientific method?

a)

method

b)

hypothesis

c)

question

d)

observation

73.

What is the 3rd step of the scientific method?

a)

method

b)

result

c)

observation

d)

hypothesis

74.

What is the 4th step of the scientific method?

a)

hypothesis

b)

method

c)

result

d)

observation

75.

What is the 5th step of the scientific method?

a)

result

b)

method

c)

conclusion

d)

question

76.

What is the 6th step of the scientific method?

a)

observation

b)

result

c)

conclusion

d)

hypothesis

77.

  1. give step by step instructions to conduct the experiment 

a)

hypothesis

b)

result

c)

method

d)

conclusion

78.

  1. ask questions about what you observed 

a)

observation

b)

question

c)

method

d)

hypothesis

79.

  1. record data in a table or graph

a)

result

b)

conclusion

c)

method

d)

hypothesis

80.

  1. form an educated guess to your questions 

a)

conclusion

b)

observation

c)

hypothesis

d)

method

81.

  1. summarize your experiment and state whether your hypothesis was correct or incorrect 

a)

observation

b)

result

c)

method

d)

conclusion

82.

  1. study something using your five senses 

a)

hypothesis

b)

observation

c)

method

d)

question

83.

What are the seasons in order?

a)

spring, summer, winter, fall

b)

spring, fall, summer, winter

c)

spring, winter, fall, summer

d)

spring, summer, fall, winter

84.

Spring is a(n) _.

a)

equinox

b)

solstice

85.

Winter is a(n) _.

a)

equinox

b)

solstice

86.

Summer is a(n) _.

a)

solstice

b)

equinox

87.

Fall is a(n) _.

a)

solstice

b)

equinox

88.

What are the dates for the spring unique day?

a)

March 20th or 21st

b)

June 20th or 21st

c)

December 21st or 22nd

d)

September 22nd or 23rd

89.

What are the dates for fall's unique day?

a)

March 20th or 21st

b)

December 21st or 22nd

c)

June 20th or 21st

d)

September 22nd or 23rd

90.

What are the dates for winter's unique day?

a)

September 22nd 23rd

b)

December 21st or 22nd

c)

June 20th or 21st

d)

March 20th or 21st

91.

What are the dates for summer's unique day?

a)

September 22nd or 23rd

b)

December 21st or 22nd

c)

June 20th or 21st

d)

March 20th or 21st

92.

What is special about the length of day on the spring equinox?

a)

the length of day and night are equal

b)

the longest amount of day length

c)

the shortest amount of day length

93.

What is special about the length of day on the winter solstice?

a)

the length of day and night are equal

b)

the shortest amount of day length

c)

the longest amount of day length

94.

What is special about the length of day on the fall equinox?

a)

the longest amount of day length

b)

the shortest amount of day length

c)

the length of day and night are equal

95.

What is special about the length of day on the summer solstice?

a)

the shortest amount of day length

b)

the length of day and night are equal

c)

the longest amount of day length

96.

What season is it in this picture?

a)

summer

b)

spring

c)

fall

d)

winter

97.

What season is it in this picture?

a)

fall

b)

summer

c)

winter

d)

spring

98.

What season is it in this picture?

a)

winter

b)

summer

c)

fall

d)

spring

99.

What season is it in this picture?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

winter

d)

fall

100.
The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.
a)
23.5
b)
25.3
c)
30.2
d)
24
101.
What does the earth's tilt cause?
a)
The seasons
b)
Day and Night
c)
Tsunamis
d)
Earthquakes
102.

One rotation of Earth is equal to

a)

a day

b)

a year

103.

Imaginary line that runs through Earth. 

a)
orbit
b)
day
c)
tilt
d)
axis
104.
One year is...
a)
355 days
b)
355 1/4 days
c)
365 days
d)
365 1/4 days
105.

One revolution is equal to

a)

a year

b)

a day

106.
What does this tool measure?
a)
Wind speed
b)
Wind direction
c)
Air pressure
d)
Temperature
107.
What is the name of this tool?
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Rain Gauge
d)
Thermometer
108.
Which tool measures wind speed?
a)
Anemometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Barometer
d)
Wind Vane
109.
A rain gauge measures what?
a)
Air pressure
b)
Wind speed
wind speed
c)
Amount of rain fall
d)
Wind direction
110.
Which tool measures air pressure?
a)
Thermometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Wind Vane
d)
Hygrometer
111.
What tool is used to determine wind direction? 
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Anemeometer
d)
Wind Vane
112.
This weather instrument is an...
a)
wind vane
b)
anemometer
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
113.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
thermometer
b)
wind vane
c)
anemometer
d)
rain gauge
114.
a)
barometer 
b)
anemometer 
c)
rain gauge 
d)
thermometer 
115.
What instrument measures temperature?
a)
rain gauge 
b)
hydrometer
c)
thermometer 
d)
wind vane
116.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
thermometer
b)
anemometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
barometer
117.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
anemometer
b)
Christmas ornament
c)
wind vane
d)
barometer
118.

This weather instrument is a...

a)

wind vane

b)

hygrometer

c)

rain gauge

d)

anemometer

119.
What does the wind vane point towards.
a)
Where the wind is coming from
b)
Where the wind is blowing to
c)
the sun
d)
the moon 
120.
What instrument measures wind speed?
a)
thermometer 
b)
wind vane
c)
barometer
d)
anemometer 
121.

What instrument measures wind direction?

a)

wind vane

b)

hygrometer

c)

rain gauge

d)

barometer

122.

What instrument measures the humidity?

a)

anemometer

b)

rain gauge

c)

barometer

d)

hygrometer

123.
A rain gauge measures what?
a)
Air pressure
b)
Wind speed
wind speed
c)
Amount of rain fall
d)
Wind direction
124.

What are the common units for a hygrometer?

a)

millibars

b)

%

c)

mph, knots, km/h

d)

north, east, south, west

125.

What are the common units for a barometer?

a)

Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin

b)

inches, millimeters

c)

north, east, south, west

d)

millibars

126.

What are the common units for a rain gauge?

a)

inches, millimeters

b)

millibars

c)

%

d)

mph, knots, km/h

127.

What are the common units for an anemometer?

a)

north, east south, west

b)

millibars

c)

mph, knots, km/h

d)

inches, millimeters

128.

What are the common units for a thermometer?

a)

Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin

b)

mph, knots, km/h

c)

north, east, south, west

d)

%

129.

What are the common units for a wind vane?

a)

inches, millimeters

b)

millibars

c)

mph, knots, km/h

d)

north, east, south, west

130.

Which is a symbol for a high pressure system?

a)

Red H

b)

Blue H

131.

Which is a symbol for a low pressure system?

a)

Red L

b)

Blue L

132.

What kind of weather comes with a high pressure system?

a)

clear skies

b)

storms

133.

What kind of weather comes with a low pressure system?

a)

clear skies

b)

storms

134.

What type of front does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold

b)

Warm

c)

Occluded

d)

Stationary

135.

What type of front does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold

b)

Warm

c)

Occluded

d)

Stationary

136.

What type of front does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold

b)

Warm

c)

Occluded

d)

Stationary

137.

What type of front does this symbol represent?

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

c)

Occluded

d)

Stationary

138.

Cold air moves in quickly and pushes the warm air up and causes dramatic changes in weather.

a)

stationary front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

warm front

139.

Warm air moves in slowly above the cold air and causes stormy weather.

a)

occluded front

b)

cold front

c)

warm front

d)

stationary front

140.

A combination of two fronts that form after a cold front catches up and overtakes the warm air that results in precipitation.

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

141.

Two air masses come together and stand still. This results in cloudy skies and sometimes rain or snow.

a)

stationary front

b)

warm front

c)

occluded front

d)

cold front

142.

There is more _____ at sea level than on top of a mountain.

a)

humidity

b)

air pressure

c)

rain

d)

wind

143.

The _____ the temperature, the _____ the air molecules move. (Choose two)

a)

higher, faster

b)

lower, faster

c)

higher, slower

d)

lower, slower

144.

Choose two statements that are true.

a)

warm air sinks

b)

warm air rises

c)

cold air sinks

d)

cold air rises

145.

Cold air holds more moisture than warm air.

a)

true

b)

false

146.

As air warms, the molecules have more energy and spread out.

a)

true

b)

false

147.

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass collide.

a)

dense

b)

air mass

c)

air pressure

d)

storm

148.

Large, uniform bodies of air.

a)

air mass

b)

air pressure

c)

moisture

d)

storm

149.

What is the boundary between two air masses?

a)

cold front

b)

weather front

c)

air pressure

d)

storm

150.
A body of air that has the same temperature and moisture levels throughout is called what? 
a)
Fronts
b)
Air Masses
c)
A cold front
d)
A warm front
151.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?
a)
Dry
b)

Humid

c)
Cold
d)
Warm
152.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?
a)
Dry
b)

Humid

c)
Cold
d)
Warm
153.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over near the equator?
a)
Dry
b)

Humid

c)
Cold
d)
Warm
154.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?
a)
Dry
b)

Humid

c)
Warm
d)
Cold
155.
A dry and hot air mass would be...
a)
Maritime arctic
b)
Maritime tropical
c)
Continental tropical
d)
Continental polar
156.

A humid and hot air mass would be a...

a)
Maritime tropical
b)
Maritime polar
c)
Continental polar
d)
Continental tropical
157.
A dry and cold air mass would be...
a)
Maritime polar
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Continental tropical
158.

A humid and cold air mass would be a...

a)
Maritime polar
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Continental tropical

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