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24-25 Science Year in Review

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?
a)
distance from the sun
b)
rotation of the earth
c)
change in solar output
d)

tilt of the earth's axis

2.
How long does it take the earth to revolve once around the sun?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
30 days
d)
365.25 days
3.
The season that comes before winter is?
a)
summer
b)
winter
c)
spring
d)
fall
4.

What happens in the northern hemisphere when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
5.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
6.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
7.
At position C, which hemisphere would have winter?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
8.

What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing in this picture?

a)

summer

b)

winter

c)

spring

d)

fall/autumn

9.

Identify the threat level of an object with a diameter of: 18 m

a)

Low Threat

b)

Medium Threat

c)

Medium-High Threat

d)

High Threat

10.

Identify the effect the object can have if it falls to the Earth: 97 m

a)

Can burn up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere, causing little to no damage

b)

Local damage to impact area

c)

Significant local damage or national damage

d)

Worldwide effects

11.

As an objects ​ (a)   increases, its threat level​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
diameter
increases
decreases
threat level
12.

I’m icy, dusty, with a glowing tail,

I fly by the sun on a distant trail.

People watch me from far and wide,

As I streak through the starry night sky.


WHAT AM I?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

13.

I was part of space, far from home,

But now I’ve landed on Earth’s dome.

I made it through the atmosphere,

And now I’m lying somewhere near.


WHAT AM I?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

14.

NEO stands for...

a)

Nice Earring Olivia

b)

Near Earth Object

c)

Night Earth Outing

d)

Near End Ovation

15.

Oceans, forests, skies so blue,
The only world known to cradle you.
With life abundant on land and sea—
What planet could this one be?

a)

Venus

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Earth

16.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

New Moon

b)

Third or Last Quarter

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

Full Moon

17.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
18.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
19.

I race around the Sun in record time,
Yet barely have an atmosphere to climb.
I’m closest to the solar flame—
Can you guess my speedy name?

a)

Venus

b)

Mercury

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

20.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waning Gibbous

c)

Full Moon

d)

First Quarter

21.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

First Quarter

b)

New Moon

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Crescent

22.

Space is full of _____________________.

a)

ash and dust

b)

celestial objects

c)

water

d)

hidden caves

23.

About two-thirds of the Earth meteorite impact craters have been found in what type of rock?

a)

Sedimentary

b)

Igneous

c)

Lava Rock

d)

Metamorphic

24.

Scientists use ______________ to put fossil meteorites into chronological order of when they hit the Earth's surface.

a)

asteroids

b)

relative dating

c)

shatter cones

d)

strata

25.

I spend most of my time in space,
Between Mars and Jupiter’s place.
I’m rocky and big, just floating around
Until gravity pulls me down!


WHAT AM I?

a)

Asteroid

b)

Meteor

c)

Meteorite

d)

Comet

26.

Any trace, mark, or remains of an organism at least 10,000 years old considered?

a)

metamorphic rock

b)

fossil

c)

mineral

27.

One theory about how the dinosaurs became extinct is that?

a)

glaciers covered the earth and wiped out all living things.

b)

earthquakes opened large cracks in the earth and swallowed up the dinosaurs.

c)

a large asteroid hit the earth, causing catastrophic events that eventually caused all the dinosaurs to die.

28.

Hardened tree sap, which often contains insect fossils, is called?

a)

carbon

b)

mineral

c)

amber

29.

The wearing down and breaking of rocks and soil is called?

a)

deposition

b)

erosion

c)

weathering

30.

One example of a geoscience process that can QUICKLY change the surface of the Earth is?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

earthquake

31.

Fossilization Possible (YES or NO):

A beaver dies in a muddy swamp, and its body is quickly covered by sediment.

a)

YES

b)

NO

32.

Fossilization Possible (YES or NO):

Hot lava burns and destroys the living organisms near Mount Mazama.

a)

YES

b)

NO

33.

Fossilization Possible (YES or NO):

A bird falls to the forest floor and decomposes, with no sediment covering the remains.

a)

YES

b)

NO

34.

Which layer do we find Trilobite Fossils?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

2

d)

6

35.

TRUE or FALSE: Based on the image...Trilobite Fossils can be found on MULTIPLE layers of the Earth?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

The chemical process that occurs when sediments bond together into sedimentary rock

a)

basement rock

b)

cementation

c)

compaction

d)

period

37.

A geological principle by which the oldest layer of sedimentary rock can be found on the bottom and the youngest found on the top

a)

epoch

b)

strata

c)

superposition

d)

era

38.

What type of rock are fossils most likely to be found in?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphic

c)

Sedimentary

39.

A fast-moving river moves rocks downstream.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

40.

Weathering ​ (a)   Erosion ​ (b)   Deposition ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
breaks it
takes it
drops it
41.

What causes the creation of mountain chains like the Himalayas?

a)

erosion

b)

collision of tectonic plates

c)

rocks and minerals

d)

weathering

42.

TRUE or FALSE: Mountain Ranges form QUICKLY

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

43.

One plate going under another plate

a)

subduction

b)

glacier

c)

fault line

d)

uplift

44.

Wegener noticed that the coasts of South America and Africa matched and fit together like a...

a)

puzzle piece

b)

tornado

c)

mountain

d)

super

45.

What causes the creation of mountain chains like the Himalayas?

a)

erosion

b)

collision of tectonic plates

c)

rocks and minerals

d)

weathering

46.

Uplift is where rock is pushed ______________

a)

downward

b)

sideways

c)

upward

d)

together

47.

A large mass of moving ice and snow on land

a)

tectonic plates

b)

glacier

c)

fault line

d)

uplift

48.

Explosive, Not Explosive or Somewhat Explosive: Mafic-Low Viscosity and Low Gas

a)

Explosive

b)

Not Explosive

c)

Somewhat Explosive

49.

Explosive, Not Explosive or Somewhat Explosive: Felsic-High Viscosity and High Gas Content

a)

Explosive

b)

Not Explosive

c)

Somewhat Explosive

50.

Define Landslide

a)

Rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption

b)

A crater made by the collapse of a volcanic cone during an huge eruption

c)

A measurement of how easily liquid flows

d)

A mass of rocks and earth moving suddenly and quickly down a slope

51.

An Active Volcano....

a)

Volcano has not erupted for around 10,000 years and no longer has a magma supply

b)

Volcano erupts regularly or has had at least one eruption in the last 10,000 years

c)

Volcano has been active in the past, but has not erupted in the last 10,000 years

52.

What is it called when magma is forced upward by pressure from under the earth and bursts through the earth's crust?

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Eruption

53.

Plant root grow in a rock and cause it to split/break.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

54.

The soil from a hillside is washed away by rain.

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

55.

Rocks get ​ (a)   by weathering, ​ (b)   through erosion, and ​ (c)   somewhere else through deposition.

Choose from the below words
broken down
moved
dropped
56.

TRUE or FALSE: Every rocks journey is EXACTLY the SAME.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

57.

Convergent Plates?

a)

Collide

b)

Spread Apart

c)

Slide Past

58.

Divergent Plates?

a)

Collide

b)

Spread Apart

c)

Slide Past

59.

Transform Plates?

a)

Collide

b)

Spread Apart

c)

Slide Past

60.

Sedimentary rocks are made from ________________.

a)

Fire

b)

Magma

c)

Pieces of Other Rocks

61.

What process is defined as: Squeezing sediments together

a)

Erosion

b)

Cementation

c)

Compaction

d)

Weathering

62.

TRUE or FALSE: Studying the behavior of the land, air, and other physical feature around a volcano can help predict future eruptions

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

63.

TRUE or FALSE: Volcanoes change in measurable ways before an eruption

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

64.

Mid-oceanic ridges form where two plates are separating and new ocean floor is being made. What type of tectonic boundary is found in this area?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Strike-Slip Boundary

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Convergent Boundary

65.

Earth's plates meet at ____________.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

plate boundaries

c)

continental drift

d)

oceans

66.

What type of plate boundary is represented in the picture?

a)

Athensphere

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

Convergent

67.

What type of plate boundary is pictured above?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

68.

What is the mass on this triple beam?

a)

270g

b)

202g

c)

272.5g

69.
What is the mass on this triple beam?
a)
40g
b)
1g
c)
401g
d)
41g
70.
What is the mass on this triple beam?
a)
200g
b)
44g
c)
244g
d)
4g
71.
What is the mass on this triple beam?
a)
142g
b)
42g
c)
102g
d)
444g
72.

What is the length of the red pencil?

a)

7 cm

b)

10 cm

c)

5 cm

d)

4 cm

73.

What is the length of the green pencil?

a)

7 cm

b)

10 cm

c)

5 cm

d)

9 cm

74.

How many PROTONS are in an atom of Boron?

a)

10.811

b)

5

c)

6

75.

How many ELECTRONS are in an atom of Carbon?

a)

6

b)

13

c)

12.011

76.

How many NEUTRONS are in an atom of Krypton?

a)

36

b)

84.80

c)

49

77.

How many ELECTRONS are in an atom of Krypton?

a)

36

b)

84.80

c)

49

78.

How many ELECTRONS are in an atom of Gold?

a)

196.967

b)

79

c)

118

79.

How many PROTONS are in an atom of Fluorine?

a)

9

b)

18.9984

c)

10