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Earth and Space Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3585secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which column shows a spring high tide?

2.

Which column shows a spring low tide?

3.

Which column shows a daily low tide?

4.

Which column shows a neap low tide?

5.

Which column shows a daily high tide?

6.

Which column shows a neap high tide?

7.
Most places on Earth experience about how many high and low tides in 24 hours?
a)
2 high and 2 low tides
b)
4 high and 4 low tides
c)
1 high and 1 low tides
8.
What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
9.
What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
10.
Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?
a)
Sun
b)
Saturn
c)
Moon 
d)
Venus
11.
What type of Tide is this?
a)
Spring Tide
b)
Neap Tide
12.
What is a difference between spring and neap tides?
a)
Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon. 
b)
Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases
c)
Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides
d)
Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season
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.

Determine the tide that each region would be experiencing:

15.

Determine the tide that each region would be experiencing:

16.

Which date would experience a spring tide?

a)

2/3/15

b)

2/11/15

c)

2/14/15

d)

2/25/15

17.

Which dates would experience a neap tide? Choose 2.

a)

2/3/15

b)

2/11/15

c)

2/14/15

d)

2/25/15

18.

Which date would experience a daily tide?

a)

2/3/15

b)

2/11/15

c)

2/14/15

d)

2/25/15

19.

Which point shows winter in North America?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

Which point shows winter in South America?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

Alaska is in the northern part of North America. According to the diagram, which season is Alaska experiencing?

a)

Winter

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

22.

Chile is in the southern part of South America. According to the diagram, which season is Chile experiencing?

a)

Winter

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

23.

We experience summer when the part of Earth we are living on ______________ the Sun.

a)

tilts away

b)

tilts toward

c)

rotates away

d)

rotates toward

24.

We experience winter when the part of Earth we are living on ______________ the Sun.

a)

tilts away

b)

tilts toward

c)

rotates away

d)

rotates toward

25.

1. Based on the model above, which season is point X most likely experiencing?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

winter

d)

fall or autumn

26.

In the diagram below, the Northern hemisphere would be in what season at position A?

a)

Fall or Autumn

b)

Spring

c)

Winter

d)

Summer

27.
If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere. 
a)
spring
b)
summer
c)
fall
d)
winter
28.
What season is letter A in the northern hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Summer
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
29.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
30.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
31.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
32.

Which position of Earth in the picture would have the fewest hours of daylight?

a)

Position A

b)

Position B

c)

Position C

d)

Position D

33.
In summer, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?
a)
towards
b)
up
c)
down
d)
away
34.

What is the season in the picture for the Southern Hemisphere for D?

a)

Spring

b)

Summer

c)

Fall/Autumn

d)

Winter

35.

When it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing

a)

spring

b)

winter

c)

summer

d)

fall

36.
This layer of Earth is the thickest part
a)
crust
b)
outer core
c)
mantle
d)
inner core
37.

Identify the layers of the Earth shown in the diagram.

a)

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

b)

crust, mantle, inner core, outer core

c)

crust inner core, outer core, mantle

d)

mantle, crust, inner core, outer core

38.
The thickest layer of the earth is the 
a)
crust
b)
mantle
c)
inner core
d)
outer core
39.

A student uses clay to construct a model of Earth. Which layer of the model should be the thinnest layer?

a)

the layer representing the mantle

b)

the layer representing the outer core

c)

the layer representing the inner core

d)

the layer representing the crust

40.

What do we call "A"

a)

Mantle

b)

Inner Core

c)

Crust

d)

Outer Core

41.

What do we call "C"

a)

Mantle

b)

Inner Core

c)

Crust

d)

Outer Core

42.

Which layer is represented at A?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

43.

Which layer is represented at C?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

44.

Which TWO earth layers are made of iron and nickel?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

45.
a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

46.
a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

47.
a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

48.
a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

49.

What is the geosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

all the frozen water on the Earth

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

50.

What is the biosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

51.

What is the atmosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

52.

All of the animals and plants of the Earth are part of ________.

a)

atmosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

geosphere

53.

The rocky surface of the Earth is part of _______.

a)

atmosphere

b)

biosphere

c)

geosphere

d)

biosphere

54.

What is the hydrosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

55.

When a river current erodes the banks of the river, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and geosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

56.

When an animal or human breathes air, the interaction is between the __________ and the _____________.

a)

atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

biosphere and geosphere

c)

hydrosphere and biosphere

d)

atmosphere and biosphere

57.

Which Earth systems do you see here? (pick more than one)

a)

geosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

biosphere

58.

Which Earth system is mostly pictured here? 

a)

geosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

biosphere

59.

Which Earth system is mostly pictured here? 

a)

geosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

biosphere

60.

Which Earth systems do you see here? (pick more than one)

a)

geosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

atmosphere

d)

biosphere