EARTH SCIENCE

Solar system A

100

A solar eclipse occurs when and where?

a. When the Earth is between the sun and the moon during a full moon

b. When the moon is between the Sun and the Earth at any time

c. When the moon is between the Sun and Earth during a new moon

d. When the earth is between the sun and the Earth at any time

c. When the moon is between the Sun and Earth during a new moon

200

How are we able to see the moon’s different phases?

a. The moon reflects light from the sun

b. The moon absorbs light from the sun

c. The moon creates its own light

d. The moon refracts light from the sun

a. The moon reflects light from the sun

300

What occurs when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun during which phase of the moon?

a. Lunar eclipse, new moon

b. Solar eclipse, new moon

c. Lunar eclipse, full moon

d. Solar eclipse, full moon

c. Lunar eclipse, full moon

400

A full moon is visible when the moon is located where?

a. Between the sun and the Earth

b. When the Earth is between the moon and sun

c. When the moon is just passed the sun

d. When the moon is about to pass the sun

b. When the Earth is between the moon and sun

500

1. What is the most abundant element in the sun?  __________________.

a. Oxygen      

b. Carbon                  

c. Hydrogen              

d. Helium

c. Hydrogen  

Solar System B

100

Is the innermost region, it is where the nuclear reactions that generate the sun’s energy take place.

a. Radiative zone        

b. Convective zone                 

c. Core                   

d. Photosphere

c. Core  

200

Which planet is not a Terrestrial Planet?

a. Mars

b. Neptune

c. Venus

d. Earth

b. Neptune

300

A rocky object from space enters Earth’s atmosphere and lights up due to friction.

a. Comets                  

b. Asteroid                

c. Meteor                   

d. Moon

c. Meteor

400

One revolution of the Earth on its orbit around the Sun takes for how many days?

a. 100

b. 24

c. 365

d. 30

c. 365

500

One rotation of the Earth on its axis gives us a day and night for how many hours?

a. 12

b. 24

c. 36

d. 28

b. 24

Planets

100

The Blue planet

Neptune

200

The planet known as the Twin planet of the Earth, the morning and evening star.

Venus

300

What is the sixth planet from the sun

Saturn

400

Which is the seventh planet from the sun?

Uranus

500

The third planet from the sun.

Earth

Earth's properties

100

Name the four seasons

Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall)

200

TRUE or FALSE

People from Earth have journeyed to the Moon and explored its surface.

TRUE

300

Is the moon bigger or smaller than the Earth?

Smaller

400

The biggest planet in the Solar System.

Jupiter

500

Measures moonquakes.

Seismometer

Earth's Properties

100

TRUE OR FALSE:

The moon is an artificial satellite.

FALSE

200

What is the difference of Geocentric theory and Heliocentric theory?

Geocentric theory - that the Earth is the center of the Solar system

Heliocentric theory - that the Sun is the center of the Solar system.

300

If summer solstice is June in the Southern hemisphere, what would it be in the Northern Hemisphere?

a. Autumn equinox

b. Winter solstice

c. Winter equinox

d. Fall equinox

 b. Winter solstice

400

Arrange the following in order in the phases of the moon?

Third quarter, new moon, First quarter, full moon

New moon, First quarter, Full moon, Third quarter

500

TRUE or FALSE:

The Earth orbits the sun in counterclockwise direction.

TRUE