WorksheetsReporting Period 5 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 47mins
What term describes the force that pulls all objects with mass toward one another?
Gravity
Rotation
Revolution
Matter
Which object has more gravitational force?
Mercury
Jupiter
Why do all objects in the solar system revolve around the Sun?
The Sun is the object with the greatest mass, so it has the greatest gravitational force
The Sun is closest to us
The objects in our Solar system revolve around Earth
The Sun is the largest planet in our solar system
What force keep e platelets in orbit around the Sun?
What term describes the process of spinning or turning on an axis?
What term describes the action of one object moving completely around another orbital path?
Spin
Revolution
How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?
What does the Earths rotation cause?
How long does it take the Earth to make on complete revolution around the Sun?
600 days
Reorder the following from smallest to biggest:
Planet
Solar System
Galaxy
Universe
Why does the Sun appear so much brighter than other stars in the sky?
Which best describes Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift?
Which of the following is NOT evidence to support Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift?
Convection Currents
Continents fit like puzzle pieces
Fossil evidence of similar species on several continents
What is another potential source of pollution shown in the diagram?
Pesticides and fertilizer
Freshwater springs
A clean beach
A mountain peak
Which of these bodies of water is an example of surface water?
Aquifers
Streams
Ice caps
Water vapor
Which of the following is NOT an example of groundwater?
Oceans
Aquifers
Water tables
Springs
List the outer planets in order from the asteroid belt.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter.
Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus.
Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn.
What are meteoroids made of?
Gas
Rock or metal
Ice
Water
What happens when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere?
It freezes
It burns up and creates a meteor
It stays the same
It turns into a planet.
Fill in the blank: When a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere, it burns up and creates a ______.
meteor.
comet.
asteroid.
planet.
When a meteor lands on Earth's ground, it is called a _________.
meteorite
asteroid
comet
meteoroid
What does gravity do?
It keeps the planets around the sun and the moon around the Earth.
It keeps the stars in the sky.
It keeps the Earth flat.
It keeps the sun around the planets.
Where is the Kuiper Belt located in the solar system?
A) Between Mars and Jupiter
B) After Neptune
C) Between Earth and Mars
D) Before Mercury
Match the following terms with the correct images or concepts:
Sun
Planet
Gravity
Moon
Planetary Revolution
Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener named his single supercontinent ____________, which means "all Earth" in ancient Greek.
Pandora
Gandowandaland
Pangea
Percia
The Theory of Pangea
The Theory of Moving Continents
The Theory of Continental Drift
The Theory of Techtonic Plates
What type of fossils were noticed by Wegener to be found on two different continents?
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's tectonic plates is caused by
the rotation of the Earth.
the Earth's magnetic field.
subduction.
convection currents.
When tectonic plates slide against each other causing the earth to move.
Match the following
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
(a) is the scientist that is credited with developing the theory of Continental Drift.
What process do scientist believe is the driving force of plate movement?
Organize these options into the right categories
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Volcanoes
Sea Floor Spreading
Earthquakes
