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Year 7 multiple-choicemain test

7L The Solar System and beyond

For each question circle the correct answer.

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Question 1

The Sun seems to rise in the East, move across the sky, then set in the West. Choose the statement that explains why this happens.

A) The Earth orbits the Sun once every 24 hours.

B) The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours.

C) The Sun spins on its axis once every 24 hours.

D) The Sun orbits the Earth once every 24 hours.

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Question 2

When it is daytime in Britain, in Australia...

A) it is daytime and Australia is facing away from the Sun

B) it is daytime and Australia is facing the Sun

C) it is night-time and Australia is facing away from the Sun

D) it is night-time and Australia is facing the Sun

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Question 3

Choose the piece of evidence that shows the Earth spins.

A) It is hotter in summer.

B) The Moon’s shape changes.

C) The stars are always in the same place in the sky.

D) The stars seem to move across the sky.

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Question 4

A year is the time it takes for...

A) the Earth to orbit the Sun once

B) the Earth to spin once on its axis

C) the Moon to orbit the Earth once

D) the Sun to spin once on its axis

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Question 5

Summer happens in the Northern Hemispherewhen...

A) the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun

B) the Southern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun

C) the Sun moves towards the North Pole

D) the Sun moves towards the South Pole

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Question 6

In summer it is warmer because...

A) the heat from the Sun is concentrated onto a larger area

B) the heat from the Sun is concentrated onto a smaller area

C) the Sun is colder at that time of year

D) the Sun is hotter at that time of year

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Question 7

Choose the date when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun the most.

A) 21st March

B) 21st June

C) 21st September

D) 21st December

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Question 8

We can see planets because...

A) they give out light

B) they reflect light from the Earth

C) they reflect light from the Moon

D) they reflect light from the Sun

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Question 9

Heat and light reaching the Earth...

A) come from the Big Bang

B) come from other galaxies

C) are made by the Sun in a nuclear reaction

D) are made by the Sun as it burns

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Question 10

The Moon is...

A) an asteroid

B) a planet

C) a satellite

D) a star

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Question 11

A full moon occurs once every...

A) day

B) week

C) 28 days

D) 365 days

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Question 12

A solar eclipse happens when...

A) the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon

B) the Moon moves behind the Sun

C) the Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth

D) the Sun moves between the Moon and the Earth

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Question 13

A lunar eclipse happens when...

A) the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon

B) the Moon moves behind the Sun

C) the Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth

D) the Sun moves between the Moon and the Earth

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Question 14

Choose the statement that describes a total solar eclipse.

A) It goes completely black and there is no light at all.

B) The Moon covers about half of the Sun.

C) The Moon covers about a quarter of the Sun.

D) There is a halo of light around the Moon.

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Question 15

The number of planets in the Solar System is...

A) 5

B) 6

C) 9

D) 11

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Question 16

Starting from the Sun the order of the first four planets in the Solar System is...

A) Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury

B) Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

C) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

D) Venus, Mars, Earth, Mercury

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Question 17

The largest planet in the Solar System is...

A) Earth

B) Jupiter

C) Saturn

D) Uranus

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Question 18

The name of our galaxy is the...

A) Galaxy

B) Milky Way

C) Solar System

D) Universe

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Question 19

Choose the list that shows the correct order from smallest to largest.

A) Moon, Earth, Sun, Milky Way, Universe, Solar System

B) Moon, Earth, Sun, Solar System, Milky Way, Universe

C) Sun, Moon, Milky Way, Solar System, Earth, Universe

D) Universe, Milky Way, Solar System, Sun, Earth, Moon

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Question 20

A constellation is...

A) all of the stars in our galaxy

B) all of the stars in our solar system

C) a pattern of stars in the sky

D) a pattern of universes in the sky