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.
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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.