WorksheetsEarth & Space Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. This image shows Earth rotating on its axis. How tilted is the Earth on its axis?
a)
50 degrees
b)
100 degrees
c)
23.5 degrees
d)
52.3 degrees
2.
2. What is this image showing?
a)
revolution
b)
rotation
c)
tides
d)
seasons
3.
3. What does rotation give us?
a)
seasons
b)
tides
c)
night & day
d)
years
4.
4. What does this image show?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
seasons
d)
tides
5.
5. What does Earth's revolution give us?
a)
day & night
b)
time of day
c)
a year
d)
months
6.
6. What would happen if the Earth was not tilted on it axis?
a)
Nothing would change
b)
The Earth would spin out of control
c)
The Earth would move closer to the Sun
d)
The Earth would not have seasons
7.
7. What season would it be in the northern hemisphere in image #2?
a)
summer
b)
fall
c)
winter
d)
spring
8.
8. What season would it be in the northern hemisphere in image #4?
a)
summer
b)
fall
c)
winter
d)
spring
9.
9. Which type of tide occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are all aligned in a straight line?
a)
Neap tide
b)
Seasonal tide
c)
Ocean tide
d)
Spring tide
10.
10. Which type of tide occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are at a 90 degree angle?
a)
Spring tide
b)
Seasonal tide
c)
Neap tide
d)
Ocean tide
11.
11. What causes the greatest influence on Earth’s tides?
a)
the rotation of the Earth
b)
the revolution of the moon
c)
the gravity of the moon
d)
the weather and temperature
12.
12. When do spring tides occur?
a)
When the moon is in the first and third quarter phases
b)
When the Sun, Earth, and moon form a triangle
c)
When the Sun, Earth, and moon are in a straight line
d)
During a solar eclipse only
13.
13. What happens during neap tides?
a)
High tides are very high and low tides are very low
b)
The Sun increases the moon’s gravitational pull
c)
The difference between high and low tides is small
d)
The Earth’s distance from the Sun is the shortest
14.
14. Which moon phases cause spring tides?
a)
First quarter and third quarter
b)
New moon and full moon
c)
Waxing crescent and waning crescent
d)
Only during lunar eclipses
15.
15. What is a storm surge?
a)
A small tide during the quarter moons
b)
A very high tide caused by the Sun’s gravity
c)
A tide affected only by the moon’s revolution
d)
An abnormally high sea level caused by a tropical storm
16.
16. This means to go around an object
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
17.
17. This determines the length of shadows here on Earth.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
18.
18. We can predict the time of day based on shadows because of this.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
19.
19. 365 days to complete one full cycle.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
20.
20. If there are 11 hours of day time, then there are 13 hours of night time.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
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