Closure quizzes

Week starting

9-12-11

Closure Quiz9-12-11

• Write and answer the following questions.

• 1. In what month does winter begin in the Southern Hemisphere?

• 2. When is the South Pole completely in sunlight?

Closure quiz9-13-11

• Write and answer the following questions.

• 1. Why do you see only one side of the Moon?

• 2. What is a dark area on the Moon called?

Closure quiz9-14-11

• Write then answer the following question.

• 1. How many times does the Moon rotate on its axis during one trip around Earth?

Closure quiz9-15-11

• Write and answer the following questions.

• 1. Name the 8 phases of the moon starting with the first week and ending with the end of the fourth week.

• 2. The moon gets its light from the _______.

Closure quiz9-20-11

• Write then answer the following question.

• 1. What is the shape of planets’ orbits?

• 2. What is the measure of one astronomical unit or AU?

Closure quiz9-21-11

• Write then answer the following question.

• 1. What processes affect the surfaces of terrestrial planets?

• 2. What was the main source of gases in atmospheres?

Closure quiz9-22-11

• Write then answer the following question.

• 1.What features on Mercury were formed by tectonics?

• 2. How much atmosphere does Mercury have?

Closure quiz9-23-11

• Write then answer the following question.

• 1. Why is Venus not covered with craters?

• 2. How does the air pressure on Venus compare with that on Earth?

Closure quiz 9-29-11Write then answer the following question.

• REGULAR• 1. Uranus spins on

its ___________.

• 2. What is unusual about Neptune’s large moon?

• MODIFIED• 1. What color does

Neptune appear?• a. Green• b. Deep blue• c. Orange• d. Yellow

Closure quiz 10-14-11Write then answer the following question.

• REGULAR• 1. At what point in

the comet’s orbit do a coma and tails appear?

• 2. What is the fuzzy cloud of material around a comet?

• MODIFIED• 1. What is the shape

of a comet’s orbit?• a. Circle• b. Square• c. Rectangle• d. Ellipse or oval

Closure quiz 10-18-11Write and then answer the question(s).

Reading 9A-14A• REGULAR

• 1. Do plants absorb or release carbon dioxide?

• 2. Name one impact that you have on the surface?

• MODIFIED• 1. Name the four

parts of the Earth’s system.– 1.– 2.– 3.– 4.

Closure quiz 10-24-11Decide if these statements are true. If they are

not, correct them to make them true.

• 1. Water and ice are minerals.

• 2. Minerals can be found in rocks.

• 3. Minerals exist as gas, liquid, and solid.

Closure quiz 10-25-11Write and then answer the question(s).

Reading 50A-52A• REGULAR

• 1. What are the two main types of luster?

• 2. Why do you need to look at properties other than color to identify a mineral?

• MODIFIED• 1. What is the fine

powder left behind when a mineral is scraped across a surface?

• A. Color• B. Streak• C. Luster

Closure quiz 10-26-11Write and then answer the question(s).

Reading 52A-57A• REGULAR

• 1. What determines how a mineral breaks?

• 2. Name the seven properties that help to identify a mineral.– 1. 5.– 2. 6.– 3. 7.– 4.

• MODIFIED• 1. What is the hardest

mineral on the Mohs scale?

• A. Calcite• B. Talc• C. Topaz• D. Diamond