Test I. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which is the planet nearest to the sun?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Mercury
d. Saturn
2. Which is the planet farthest from the sun?
a. Uranus
b. Jupiter
c. Mercury
d. Neptune
3. ______ is the hottest planet in our solar system.
a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Jupiter
d. Earth
4. ______ is the largest planet in our solar system.
a. Saturn
b. Uranus
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
5. Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
a. Mercury
b. Uranus
c. Saturn
d. Mars
6. Which of these is the coldest planet in our solar system?
a. Uranus
b. Neptune
c. Saturn
d. Jupiter
7. The planet(s) with rings around is/are:
a. Saturn
b. Jupiter
c. Uranus
d. All of the mentioned
8. ______ is called the “Red Planet” in our solar system.
a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Earth
d. Mars
9. Arrange the following planets in ascending order of their distance from the sun.
I. Jupiter II. Venus III. Mercury IV. Mars V. Earth
a. I, V, IV, II, III
b. III, II, V, IV, I
c. III, II, IV, V, I
d. I, IV, V, II, III
10. ______ is the third planet from the sun.
a. Mars
b. Earth
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn
11. A celestial body in space that orbits around a larger body is called a
a. Star
b. Constellation
c. Natural Satellite
d. Asteroid
12. The moon is the Earth’s _______.
a. Natural satellite
b. Star
c. Planet
d. None of the above
13. The planet with the highest number of moons is
a. Jupiter
b. Neptune
c. Uranus
14. The planet(s) with no moons is/are
a. Venus and Mars
b. Mars and Neptune
c. Mercury and Mars
d. Mercury and Venus
15. The planet with two moons is
a. Mercury
b. Earth
c. Venus
d. Mars
16. Phobos and Deimos are the natural satellites of which planet?
a. Mars
b. Mercury
c. Neptune
d. Uranus
17. Titan is one of the moons of ______.
a. Jupiter
b. Saturn
c. Venus
d. Earth
18. How many moons does Uranus have?
a. 12
b. 14
c. 27
d. 30
19. Neptune has ____ moons.
a. 12
b. 14
c. 27
d. 31
20. Ganymede, the biggest moon in our solar system, belongs to which planet?
a. Saturn
b. Uranus
c. Neptune
d. Jupiter
21. Earth's outermost sphere is called the
a. Biosphere
b. Atmosphere
c. Lithosphere
d. Hydrosphere
22. What part of the Earth contains rocks?
a. Biosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Lithosphere
23. Which is the thinnest of the Earth's spheres?
a. Biosphere
b. Atmosphere
c. Hydrosphere
d. Geosphere
24. What part of Earth's spheres is composed of a mixture of gases?
a. Lithosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Biosphere
25. What sphere refers to solid water and ice?
a. Atmosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Lithosphere
d. Biosphere
26. What is Earth's hydrosphere?
a. The gases in the air
b. The solid, rocky part of Earth
c. All the water on the planet
d. The study of Earth's atmosphere
27. The is the sphere inhabited by life.
a. Biosphere
b. Lithosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Hydrosphere
28. What part of the hydrosphere penetrates the lithosphere?
a. Sandstone
b. Magma
c. Groundwater
d. Mantle
29. A change to one system will affect_________
a. All other spheres
b. No other spheres
c. Only one other sphere
d. It’s impossible to tell
30. The hydrosphere includes water in the form of snow.
a. True
b. False
31. The nitrogen in the air is part of the atmosphere
a. True
b. False
32. When a volcanic eruption spews gas and ashes into the air, which two spheres are interacting?
a. hydrosphere and geosphere
b. biosphere and geosphere
c. geosphere and atmosphere
d. biosphere and atmosphere
33. Shifting winds cause major rainstorms, flooding streams, lakes, and rivers are interactions
between the __________.
A) geosphere and biosphere
B) atmosphere and hydrosphere
C) hydrosphere and geosphere
D) atmosphere and geosphere
34. Bacteria and algae convert nitrogen from the air into a form that is usable by plants and animals
are interactions between the __________.
A) atmosphere and geosphere
B) hydrosphere and geosphere
C) atmosphere and biosphere
D) geosphere and biosphere
35. When large mine are dug into the ground, the atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere, maybe
subject to changes from_______
a. Pollution
b. Vegetational removal
c. Changes in waterflow
d. All of the above
Test II. List the 5 parts of the earth that makes up the hydrosphere
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Test III. Explain how a bird interacts with the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
(8 points)
