This document contains 97 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about various science topics including the solar system, Earth, atmosphere, weather, landscapes, habitats, and biological communities. The questions cover subjects such as the composition of the solar system, properties of air, types of precipitation, features of natural and human-made landscapes, needs of living things, and examples of adaptations.
1. 1. WHAT IS THE SOLAR
SYSTEM MADE UP OF?
a) Of the Sun
b) Of the planets
c) Of the satellites
d) Of the Sun and then
planets
2. HOW MANY PLANETS
ARE THERE IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM?
a) Six
b) Two
c) Eight
d) Five
3. WHAT OF THE
FOLLOWING
STATEMENTS IS
FALSE?
a) The Earth is a planet
b) The Sun is a star
c) The Moon isn’t a
satellite
d) Saturn is a planet
4. WHAT ARE THE
COMETS MADE UP OF?
a) Of water and ice
b) Of ice and dust
c) Of air and ice
d) Of dust and water
5. WHAT ARE THE
INNER PLANETS?
a) They are far from the
Earth
b) They are close to the
Sun
c) They have a tail
d) They are satellites
6. THE EARTH HAS ONE
SATELLITE,WHICH IS…
a) The Moon
b) Mars
c) Uranus
d) Jupiter
2. 7. WHERE IS THE
ASTEROID BELT?
a) Between Uranus and
Mars
b) In Jupiter
c) Between Mars and
Jupiter
d) In Saturn
8. CHOOSE THE TRUE
STATEMENT
a) Asteroids aren´t
made of rock
b) Comets are made of
ice
c) Satellites don´t move
around planets
d) The planets move
around the Sun
9. WHAT ARE
METEOROIDS?
a) Satellites
b) Planets
c) Small asteroids
d) Comets
10. Meteroids that land
on Earth can create…..
a) Satellites
b) Craters
c) Planets
d) Belts
11. THE LINES OF
LATITUDE GO …….
a) Around the Earth
b) From pole to pole
c) Around the Sun
d) From the Sun to the
Earth
12. CHOOSE THE FALSE
STATEMENT
a) The Earth moves in
one way
b) The Earth is round
c) The lines of
longitude are imaginary
lines
d) The lines of latitude
are parallel circles
3. 13. HOW LONG IS A
YEAR?
a) 6 hours
b) 24 hours
c) one week
d) 365 days
14. WHAT CAUSES THE
DIFFERENT SEASONS?
a)The latitude
b) The Sun
c) The rotation on its
axis
d) The Moon
15. THE EARTH ….THE
SUN
a) Orbits
b) Moves
c) Goes
d) Turns
16. WHAT CAUSES DAY
AND NIGHT?
a) The Sun
b) The Moon
c) The Earth´s rotation
d) The heat
17. CHOOSE THE FALSE
STATEMENT
a) In winter the days are
longer in the northern
hemisphere
b) In summer the days are
longer in the northern
hemisphere
c) In winter the days are
shorter in the northern
hemisphere
d) In summer it´s hot
18. THE MOON TAKES
…. TO COMPLETE ONE
ORBIT OF THE EARTH
a)28 days
b) One week
c) One year
d) One day
4. 19. THE PHASES OF
THE MOON ARE
a) 6
b) 8
c) 4
d) 3
20. IN THE FULL
MOON….
a)The Moon isn´t
illuminated
b)The Moon is partially
illuminated
c)The Moon isn´t
partially illuminated
d)The Moon is totally
illuminated
21. WHAT IS AIR?
a)It is a mixture of
gases
b)It is a mixture of ice
c)It is a mixture of
water
d)It is a mixture of
rocks
22. WHAT ARE THE TWO
MAIN GASES IN AIR?
a)Nitrogen and oxygen
b) Water and vapour
c) Breeze and nitrogen
d) Carbon dioxide and
nitrogen
23. CHOOSE THE TRUE
STATEMENT
a) Air hasn´t weight
b) Air has taste
c) Air has colour
d) Air occupies space
24. THE ATMOSPHERE
CAUSES …
a) Day and night
b) The different
seasons
c) The poles
d) Weather conditions
5. 25. THE ATMOSPHERE
IS A LAYER OF …
SURROUNDING THE
EARTH
a) Water
b) Ice
c) Air
d) Rock
26. WHAT IS WIND?
a)It is moving land
b)It is moving water
c)It is moving ice
d)It is moving air
27. CHOOSE THE FALSE
STATEMENT
a)Breeze is a light wind
b) Hurricane is a light
wind
c) Hurricane is a very
strong wind
d) Hurricane can blow
down trees
28. WHICH GAS DO WE
TAKE FROM THE AIR
WHEN WE BREATHE?
a) Water vapour
b) Nitrogen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Oxygen
29. PLANTS RELEASE….
a)Nitrogen
b)Water vapour
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Oxygen
30. PLANTS BREATHE
THROUGH THEIR
LEAVES BY TAKING…
a) Water vapour
b) Oxygen
c) Nitrogen
d) Carbon dioxide
6. 31.PLANTS MAKE THEIR
OWN FOOD IN A
PROCESS CALLED….
a)Breeze
b) Photosynthesis
c) Hurricane
d) Nitrogen
32. WHAT DO HUMANS
NEED TO LIVE?
a) Air
b) Land
c) Snow
d) Fire
33. FISH NEED…. TO
BREATHE
a) Nitrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Water
d) Land
34. HUMANS MUST
CARRY SPECIAL
EQUIPMENT IN ORDER
TO BREATHE
a) Under water
b) Out in the space
c) A and b
d) In town
35. WE BREATHE BY
ABSORBING ….FROM
THE AIR
a) Nitrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Water vapour
d) Carbon dioxide
36. PLANTS MAKE
THEIR OWN FOOD BY
PRODUCING…
a) Nitrogen
b) Water vapour
c) Oxygen
d) Carbon dioxide
7. 37. AIR HAS …
PROPERTIES
a) Two
b) Five
c) Six
d) Three
38. AIR DOESN´T HAVE
ANY TASTE OR….
a) Colour
b) Place
c) Weight
d) Height
39. AIR MAKES UP
THE…
a) Moon
b) Earth
c) Atmosphere
d) Nitrosphere
40. OUR BODY HAS THE
ENERGY TO LIVE WITH
a) Food and air
b) Water vapour and
food
c) Nitrogen and wine
d) Air and carbon
dioxide
41. ALL THE WEATHER
ON THE EARTH
HAPPENS IN THE
a)Moon
b) Land
c) Atmosphere
d) Nitrosphere
42. PEOPLE WHO STUDY
THE WEATHER ARE
CALLED
a)Teachers
b) Carpenters
c) Doctors
d) Meteorologists
8. 43. WHAT IS THE LAYER
OF AIR THAT
SURROUNDS THE
EARTH?
a) Atmosphere
b) Nitrosphere
c) Water vapour
d) Carbon dioxide
44. THE MAIN
FEATURES OF THE
WEATHER ARE
a) Two
b) Five
c) Six
d) Eight
45. TEMPERATURE
INDICATES..
a) How cold or hot the
air is
b) How light the air is
c) How heavy the air is
d) How clean the air is
46. HUMIDITY
INDICATES THE
AMOUNT OF……
a) Carbon dioxide in the
air
b) Water vapour in the
air
c) Oxygen in the air
d) Nitrogen in the air
47. WIND IS….
a) Hot air
b) Cold air
c) Moving air
d) Fresh air
48. ATMOSPHERIC
PRESSURE IS….
a) The weight of the
Atmosphere´s air
b) The colour
c) The shape
d) The smell
9. 49. CHANGES IN THE
ATMOSPHERE CAUSE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF…
a) Humidity
b) Pressure
c) Precipitation
d) Weather
50. WHAT ARE CLOUDS
MADE UP OF?
a) Ice
b) Water vapour
c) Frozen water
d) Hot water
51. HOW MANY TYPES
OF CLOUDS ARE
THERE?
a) Five
b) Six
c) Four
d) Two
52. PRECIPITATIONS
CAN BE…
a) Water
b) Wind
c) Rain, snow or hail
d) Pressure
53. DRIZZLE HAS…
a) Very small light
drops
b) Very big heavy drops
c) Enormous drops
d) Snowflakes
54. DOWNPOUR IS…..
a) Very light rain
b) Very heavy rain
c) Very fresh rain
d) Very hot rain
10. 55. THE THREE TYPES
OF RAIN ARE
a) Snow,hail,rain
b) Hail,drizzle,snow
c) Drizzle, rain,
downpour
d) Drizzle, air , ice
56. HAIL CONSISTS
OF…
a) Small balls of air
b) Small balls of water
c) Small balls of wind
d) Small balls of ice
57. A THERMOMETER
MESURES….
a) The air humidity
b) The air pressure
c) The air temperature
d) The air weight
58. AN ANEMOMETER
MEASURES…
a) Rain speed
b) Snow speed
c) Wind speed
d) Water speed
59. PEOPLE WHO STUDY
WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE…
a) Teachers
b) Meteorologists
c) Doctors
d) Carpenters
60. NIMBUS, CUMULUS
AND STRATUS ARE
TYPES OF…
a) Rain
b) Clouds
c) Snow
d) Wind
11. 61. LANDSCAPES THAT
HUMANS HAVE NOT
CHANGED ARE….
a) Natural landscapes
b) Fresh landscapes
c) Old landscapes
d) New landscapes
62. EROSION CONSISTS
OF
a) Water and wind move
soil from high areas to
low areas
b) Rain and snow
c) Wind and trees
d) Clouds and snow
63. RELIEF IN A
LANDSCAPE CAN BE
a) Mountainous or flat
b) Small or big
c) Wide or narrow
d) Dry or wet
64. THERE IS WATER IN
A LANDSCAPE MAINLY
IN…
a) A glass
b) A bottle
c) Rivers, lakes and
seas
d) A shoe
65. WHAT IS FAUNA?
a) All of the animals
that live in a
landscape
b) All of the humans
beings
c) All of the alive
beings
d) All of the plants
66. AGRICULTURAL
LANDSCAPES ARE…
a) Natural landscapes
that humans have
changed
b) Old landscapes
c) New landscapes
d) Little landscapes
12. 67. THE MAIN
FEATURES OF
AGRICULTURAL
LANDSCAPE ARE…
a) Seas and lakes
b) Houses and trees
c) Fields, villages and
roads
d) Plants and animals
68. INDUSTRIAL
LANDSCAPES ARE…
a) New landscapes
b) Landscapes with
industrial activities
c) Old landscapes
d) Little landscapes
69. THE FEATURES OF
INDUSTRIAL
LANDSCAPES ARE…
a )Factories and means
of transport
b) Fields and trees
c) Houses and villages
d) Roads and sea
70. WHAT ARE THE
MAIN TYPES OF CROPS?
a) Little and big crops
b) Fields and seas
c) Lakes and trees
d) Irrigated crops and
dry crops
71. CHOOSE TWO
EXAMPLES OF
IRRIGATED CROPS
a) Tomato and wheat
b) Pepper and barley
c) Onion and corn
d) Lettuce and spinach
72. CHOOSE TWO
EXAMPLES OF DRY
CROPS
a) Onion and pepper
b) Lettuce and carrot
c) Barley and wheat
d) Tomato and onion
13. 73. URBAN
LANDSCAPES ARE
a) Factories and houses
b) Lakes and seas
c) Trees and plants
d) Towns and cities
74. URBAN
LANDSCAPES HAVE
DIFFERENT
a) Shape and weight
b) Climates and
locations
c) Height and
temperature
d) Pressure and Wind
75. PEOPLE IN CITIES
WORK AND LIVE IN
a) Farms
b) Villages
c) Buildings
d) Roads
76. CHOOSE TWO
EXAMPLES OF
HISTORIC BUILDINGS
a)Street and avenue
b)Square and park
c) Village and road
d) Church and palace
77. NEIGHBOURHOOD
IS THE SAME AS …
a) Village
b) Road
c) Area
d) Church
78. WHAT IS
VEGETATION?
a) All the animals that
live in a natural
landscape
b) All the alive beings
c) All the human beings
d) All the plants
14. 79. THE MAIN
FEATURES OF AN
URBAN LANDSCAPE
ARE…
a) Fields and lakes
b) Streets and roads
c) Villages and
buildings
d) Streets, buildings
and neighbourhoods
80. CHOOSE THE FALSE
ANSWER
a Street is an urban
feature
b) Factory is an
industrial feature
c) Road is an industrial
feature
d) Building is an urban
feature
81. WHAT IS A
HABITAT?
a) The place where a
living thing lives
b) Where a rock lives
c) Where a lake lives
d) Where a wind lives
82. SAY TWO LIVING
THINGS IN A HABITAT
a) Rock and tree
b) Fish and air
c) Bush and lake
d) Bird and tree
83. CHOOSE TWO NON
–LIVING THINGS IN A
HABITAT
a) Lake and plant
b) Cat and sea
c) Wind and lake
d) Dog and fish
84. PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT
INCLUDES
a) Non-living and living
things
b) Only living things
c) Only non-living things
d) All are false
15. 85. THE LIVING THINGS
NEED …………TO GROW
AND LIVE
a) Water
b) Air
c) Temperature
d) All are true
86. WHAT DO ALL
LIVING THINGS NEED?
a) Water
b) Shoes
c) Cars
d) Rock
87. WHAT DO LIVING
THINGS GET FROM THE
AIR?
a) Nitrogen
b) Water vapour
c) Oxygen
d) All are true
88. WHAT DO PLANTS
GET FROM SOIL?
a) Light
b) Water
c) Mineral salts
d) B and c are correct
89. WHY DO LIVING
THINGS NEED LIGHT?
BECAUSE…
a) Plants need sunlight
to make their food
b) Most animals have
eyes and need light to
see
c) A and b are true
d) B and c are false
90. THE BIOLOGICAL
ENVIRONMENT
CONSISTS OF…
a) All the living things
in a habitat
b) All the non-living
things in a habitat
c) A and b are false
d) A and b are true
16. 91. WHAT DOES A FOOD
CHAIN SHOW US?
a) What the animals in
a place eat
b) What the plants in a
place eat
c) A and b are true
d) A and b are false
92. CHOOSE AN
EXAMPLE OF FOOD
CHAIN
a) Rabbit-mineral salt-
carrot
b) Carrot-Rabbit-mineral
salt
c) Rabbit-carrot-mineral
salt
d) All are false
93. WHAT DO PLANTS
COMPETE FOR?
a) Light
b) Water
c) Light , water and
mineral salts
d) All are false
94. WHY DO LIVING
THINGS COOPERATE?
BECAUSE
a) They work together
b) To find food
c) To defend
themselves against
their enemies
d) All are true
95. ITS FEET ARE
ADAPTED TO LIVE IN
WATER
a) Duck
b) Polar bear
c) Dog
d) Camel
96. IT CAN LIVE A LONG
TIME WITHOUT FOOD
a) Dog
b) Camel
c) Cat
d) Duck
17. 97. WHAT IS A
BIOLOGICAL
COMMUNITY?
a) Living things that
live and interact in a
particular place
b) Living and non-living
things that live and
interact ina particular
place
c)All are true
d) All are false
98. WHAT IS AN
ECOSYSTEM?
a) Is a physical
environment
b) Is a biological
community
c) A and b are true
d) A and b are false
99. WHICH HUMAN
ACTIVITIES AFFECT
ECOSYSTEMS
DIRECTLY?
a) Hunting
b) Fishing
c) Cutting down trees
d) All are true
100. NAME THREE
TYPES OF POLLUTION
a) Air pollution
b) Water pollution
c) Soil pollution
d) All are true