Tutorial Reviewer Test in Science 6

I. Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is the weather phenomenon brought by wind circulation and precipitation
associated with the rising temperature of the land and the sea.
a. Climate
b. Weather
c. Monsoons
2. It is the force exerted on a given area by the impact of the air particles in
constant motion.
a. Insolation
b. Air pressure
c. Atmosphere
3. These are the layer of gasses that surrounds the Earth.
a. Insolation
b. Air pressure
c. Atmosphere
4. This is the outermost layer of the atmosphere where space shuttle orbits.
a. thermosphere
b. stratosphere
c. mesosphere
5. This is where rock fragments from space often burn up.
a. thermosphere
b. stratosphere
c. mesosphere
6. It is the amount of the Suns energy that reaches Earth at a given time and
place.
a. Insolation
b. Air pressure
c. Atmosphere
7. This the device used to measure wind speed with a set of cups that attached
around a central pole.
a. anemometer
b. barometer
c. weather vane
8. This measures surrounding air pressure against standard air pressure.
a. anemometer
b. barometer
c. station model
9. These telescopes use lenses to gather light from a faraway object and magnify
its image.
a. Magnified telescopes
b. refracting telescopes
c. reflecting
telescopes
10. This is any light frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum that people
cannot see.
a. Visible light
b. invisible light
c. unseen light
11. This is the study of the universe.
a. Geology
b. Earth Science
c. Astronomy
12. In this telescope, visible light reflects off a series of two or mirrors, which
amplify the image before it reaches lenses in the eyepiece.
a. Magnified telescopes
b. refracting telescopes
c. reflecting
telescopes
13. This is the complete trip around the sun which takes 365.24 days.
a. Revolution
b. Reflection
c. Insolation
14. These are bowl-shaped depressions on the Moons surface.
a. Maria
b. craters
c. lithosphere
15. What occurs when earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon?
a. Daytime
b. Solar eclipse
c. Lunar Eclipse
16. What occurs when earth passes through the moons shadow?
a. Daytime
b. Solar eclipse
c. Lunar Eclipse
17. It is the force of attraction among all objects.
a. Tide
b. Gravity
c. Magnet
18. This occurs when the sun, earth and the moon are in a line. High tides are
higher than usual.
a. Spring tide
b. Neap tide
c. High tide
19. This occurs when the gravitational pulls of the sun and the moon are at right
angles.

a. Spring tide
b. Neap tide
c. High tide
20. These are the two properties that keeps Earth in orbit,
a. Moon and Sun
b. Gravity and Inertia c. Planets and Stars
21. These are small, rocky or metallic objects that orbits the Sun in the inner and
outer regions of the solar system.
a. Asteroids
b. Comets
c. Meteoroids
22. These are ball of ice ad rock that orbits the Sun.
a. Asteroids
b. Comets
c. Meteoroids
23. This is a large, hot ball of gases that gives off its own light and is held together
by gravity.
a. Star
b. Moon
c. Planet
24. This is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space.
a. black hole
b. supernova
c. nebula
25. This is a group of stars that appear to form a pattern.
a. constellation
b. x-rays
c. universe
26. This is an object with gravity so strong that even light cannot escape from it.
a. black hole
b. supernova
c. nebula
27. This is a young star formed in a nebula.
a. supernova
b. protostar
c. mainsequence star
28. Which of the following is not a part of a comet?
a. tail
b. icy nucleus
c. body
29. This galaxys shape is similar to a football without spiral arms and little or no
dust.
a. elliptical galaxy
b. spiral galaxy
c. irregular galaxy
30.Its the stars actual brightness.
a. apparent magnitude
b. absolute magnitude
c. brightness
31. A lightyear is equal to __________________.
a. 3 trillion miles
b. 6 million miles
c. 6 trillion miles
32. This is the apparent shift in an objects position when viewed fro two
locations.
a. light-year
b. parallax
c. vision
33. The outer planets are also called _________.
a. dwarf planets
b. cool planets
c. gas giants
34. These are large, dark flat surface areas on the moon.
a. Craters
b. Maria
c. valleys
35. The earths axis is tilted at an ange of ________________.
a. 90
b. 35.3
c. 23.5
II. Directions: Identify what is being described in each of the following. Choose
your answer from the box.

Mars
Uranus
Venus

Mercury
Earth

Jupiter
Neptune

_________________1. It has the strongest winds of any planet in the solar system.
_________________2. It has no moon and is the closest planet in the sun.
_________________3. Its the twin planet of earth with two moons and has a thin
atmosphere of carbon dioxide.
_________________4.Its the planet with a huge ring system and has at least 60
moons.
_________________5. Second closest planet on the earth without a moon.
_________________6. It is the largest planet and has at least 63 moons.

_________________7. It is a blue-green planet which has at least 27 moons and 11

rings.
_________________8. It has a wide variety of life and has a strong magnetic field and
tectonic activity.

III. Illustrate and label phases of the moon.