Science Sol 4.8 Test
Choose the best answer for each question. Write the letter of your answer on the sheet provided. Do not write on the test.
- 1.The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes --
- A.
Seasons
- B.
Years
- C.
Months
- D.
Days
- 2.Earth’s _____ is involved in determining the length of a year.
- A.
Revolution
- B.
Rotation
- C.
Axis
- D.
Temperature
- 3.The moon revolves around--
- A.
Itself
- B.
The Earth
- C.
The sun
- D.
The solar system
- 4.Which of these statements is NOT true?
- A.
Earth spins on its axis.
- B.
Earth revolves around the sun.
- C.
Earth is a planet.
- D.
Earth rotates around the moon
- 5.Earth revolves around the sun in a/an:
- A.
Eclipse
- B.
Axis.
- C.
Ellipse.
- D.
Circle.
- 6.As Earth revolves around the sun, what causes the seasons?
- A.
The shape of Earth’s orbit
- B.
The tilt of Earth’s axis
- C.
The position of the moon
- D.
The temperature of the sun’s heat
- 7.If it is hot year-round where you live, then where do you live?
- A.
In the Northern Hemisphere
- B.
In the Southern Hemisphere
- C.
Near the equator
- D.
Near the North Pole
- 8.The apparent changes of the moon’s shape during the month are called:
- A.
Cycles.
- B.
Phases.
- C.
Revolutions.
- D.
Days.
- 9.When the moon is seen from the Earth as a whole circle, it is called a—
- A.
Full moon
- B.
Crescent moon
- C.
New moon
- D.
Half moon
- 10.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
- A.
The moon is smaller than Earth.
- B.
The moon revolves around Earth in about 4 weeks.
- C.
Earth revolves around the sun in about 52 weeks.
- D.
The moon is heavier than Earth.
- 11.The Earth is very different from other objects in space, because it has the most—
- A.
Solid rock
- B.
Volcanoes
- C.
Liquid water
- D.
High winds
- 12.The sun is a—
- A.
Planet
- B.
Moon
- C.
Asteroid
- D.
Star
- 13.Approximately how old is the sun?
- A.
Thousand years
- B.
Hundreds years
- C.
Millions years
- D.
Billion years
- 14.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
- A.
The Earth is larger than the moon
- B.
The moon is smaller than the sun
- C.
The sun is the largest body in our solar system.
- D.
The Earth is larger than the sun.
- 15.Which of the following is small and rocky with extreme temperatures and no water?
- A.
The moon
- B.
The Earth
- C.
Sun
- D.
Stars
- 16.Which of the following is a yellow ball of burning gases that provides heat and light for the nine planets that orbit it?
- A.
Earth
- B.
Moon
- C.
Comets
- D.
Sun
- 17.On which of the following does life exist?
- A.
Meteors
- B.
The Earth
- C.
The moon
- D.
Sun
- 18.What group of people have helped us most to understand the moon, the sun, and earth systems?
- A.
Farmers and fishermen
- B.
Airline pilots
- C.
Engineers
- D.
Astronomers and astronauts
- 19.The NASA Apollo missions helped us to understand—
- A.
The sun
- B.
The moon
- C.
The Earth
- D.
Mars
- 20.Many years ago, scientists such as Aristotle and Ptolemy thought that ________ was at the center of the solar system.
- A.
The moon
- B.
The Earth
- C.
The sun
- D.
A meteorite
- 21.Scientists such as Copernicus and Galileo helped to prove that the ________ is in the center of the solar system.
- A.
Sun
- B.
Moon
- C.
Earth
- D.
Comet
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