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Earth Science Unit Test

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Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

Unit Test 

1. What is rotation? 

a. Spinning in one place. 

b. Moving around an object. 

2. What is revolution? 

a. Spinning in one place. 

b. Moving around an object. 

3. What are the names of the four seasons?  

a. Spring, Summer, Fall/Autumn, Winter 

b. Spring, Summer, Moderate, Cold 

c. Mild, Hot, Cold, Very Cold 

d. The Earth, The Moon, The Sun, Asteroids 

4. Label the seasons. 

 
Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

5. Label the parts of the Earth. 

6. Why is Earth so unique? 

a. We have a lot of water. 

b. We have air that we can breathe. 

c. Our atmosphere protects us from the sun’s rays. 

d. All of the above. 

7. What is the layer of the Earth that we live on? 

a. The mantle 

b. The crust 

c. The outer core 

d. The inner core 


Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

8. What is a solar eclipse? 

a. When the Earth gets in the way of the moon and the sun 

creating a shadow. 

b. When the sun gets in the way of the moon and the Earth 

creating a shadow. 

c. When the moon gets in the way of the sun and the Earth 

creating a shadow. 

d. When the sun starts to rapidly spin. 

9. What type of solar eclipse is this photo showing? 

a. Total 

b. Partial 

c. Annular 

d. Umbra 

 
Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

10. What is the umbra? 

a. The partially darkened portion from the eclipse 

b. The part of the sun that is covered 

c. The Earth in total 

d. The fully dark portion from the eclipse 

11. What is this phase of the moon called? 

a. Full 

b. Waning crescent 

c. Waning gibbous 

d. New 

12. How did the moon get its craters? 

a. Asteroids 

b. The Earth 

c. The sun 

d. The rockets landing on it 


Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

13. What is the difference between rotation and revolution? 

14. What are two interesting facts you learned about your planet or from 

someone else's? 

15. Name 2-3 reasons as to why we can’t live on any other planets. 

 
Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

Unit Test Answers 

16. What is rotation? 

a. Spinning in one place. 

b. Moving around an object. 

17. What is revolution? 

a. Spinning in one place. 

b. Moving around an object. 

18. What are the names of the four seasons?  

a. Spring, Summer, Fall/Autumn, Winter 

b. Spring, Summer, Moderate, Cold 

c. Mild, Hot, Cold, Very Cold 

d. The Earth, The Moon, The Sun, Asteroids 

19. Label the seasons. (​ From bottom to around - Spring, Summer, 

Autumn/Fall, Winter) 
Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

[Link] the parts of the Earth. ​( In order from top to bottom, Crust, 

Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core) 

21. Why is Earth so unique? 

a. We have a lot of water. 

b. We have air that we can breathe. 

c. Our atmosphere protects us from the sun’s rays. 

d. All of the above. 

22. What is the layer of the Earth that we live on? 

a. The mantle 

b. The crust 
Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

c. The outer core 

d. The inner core 

23. What is a solar eclipse? 

a. When the Earth gets in the way of the moon and the sun 

creating a shadow. 

b. When the sun gets in the way of the moon and the Earth 

creating a shadow. 

c. When the moon gets in the way of the sun and the Earth 

creating a shadow. 

d. When the sun starts to rapidly spin. 

[Link] type of solar eclipse is this photo showing? 

a. Total 

b. Partial 

c. Annular 

d. Umbra 
Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

25. What is the umbra? 

a. The partially darkened portion from the eclipse 

b. The part of the sun that is covered 

c. The Earth in total 

d. The fully dark portion from the eclipse 

26. What is this phase of the moon called? 

a. Full 

b. Waning crescent 

c. Waning gibbous 

d. New 

 
Name: __________________________________ Date: __________________ 

27. How did the moon get its craters? 

a. Asteroids 

b. The Earth 

c. The sun 

d. The rockets landing on it 

[Link] is the difference between rotation and revolution? 

Rotation - spinning in one place (on an axis) 

Revolution - moving around another object 

29. What are two interesting facts you learned about your planet or from 

someone else's? 

Examples - Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, Jupiter is  

the largest planet in our solar system, Saturn has the most moons.  

→ 

30. Name 2-3 reasons as to why we can’t live on any other planets. 

Examples - they don’t have a good atmosphere, they have no water, 

they have no oxygen, they are too close to the sun, they are too far away 

from the sun. 

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