ESS Final Exam 1 Question Preview (ID: 54756)


Covers 6th Grade Earth Science Standards 1,2 And 3. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Indirect and direct sunlight are the main cause of....
a) seasons
b) tides
c) eclipses
d) moon phases

Equinox means....
a) equal day and night 12/12
b) equal distance
c) longest day of the year
d) shortest day of the year

Lunar eclipse happens during the....
a) full moon phase
b) new moon phase
c) quarter moon phase
d) gibbous moon phase

The winter solstice is the....
a) shortest day of the year
b) longest day of the year
c) equal day and night
d) coldest day

The major reason that the seasons occur on Earth is du to the ..... tilt of the Earth on its axis.
a) 23.5 degree
b) 15 degree
c) 7.5 degree
d) 32.7 degrees

The amount of time that it takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis is....
a) 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.0916 second
b) 12 hours`
c) 29.5 days
d) 365 days

A lunar eclipse is when the.....
a) moon is behind the Earth
b) the moon is in the quarter phase
c) the moon is in the gibbous phase
d) the moon is in the new moon phase

A solar eclipse is when.....
a) the moon is between the Earth and the sun
b) the moon is behind the Earth
c) the moon is in the quarter phase
d) the moon is in the gibbous stage

Eclipses happen when....
a) the sun, moon and Earth are in a straight line
b) the Earth is tilted
c) the moon is closest to the Earth
d) the sun and all the planets line up

When an object's mass increases so does its......
a) gravity
b) size
c) distance
d) speed

What term means that the light reflecting from the moon is getting smaller?
a) waning
b) waxing
c) weaning
d) wimpy

What term means that the moon is GROWING in illumination (light)
a) waxing
b) waning
c) weaning
d) weaning

The daily change of the level of the ocean is called?
a) tides
b) waves
c) shoreline
d) phases

The place with the highest tidal range in the world is in the....
a) Bay of Fundy, Canada
b) Naples Florida
c) Ligonier IN
d) Kennebunk , Maine

The amount of time the moon takes to revolve around the Earth is a .....
a) month
b) day
c) week
d) year

The moon revolves around the Earth approximately every......
a) 29.5 days
b) 365 days
c) 15 days
d) 20 days

High tides occur....
a) twice a day
b) ten times an day
c) once a day
d) once a month

If there were no gravity there would be.....
a) no universe
b) no stars
c) no chaos
d) no planets

The biggest factor in producing tides is.....
a) the moon's gravity
b) the sun's gravity
c) big storms
d) high winds

Mass is......
a) what determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies.
b) the exact same as weight
c) the matter of an object
d) space

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