Summative Test No. 4

Science and Technology for Grade 7

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each question carefully then write the letter of the best

answer in

your answer sheet.

1. Day and night are caused by _______________________.

a. The tilt of earth’s tilt

b. Earth’s revolution around the Sun

c. eclipses

d. Earth’s rotation on its axis

2. The path which an object follow as it revolves around the sun

a. revolution b. rotation c. orbit d. ellipse
3. The movement of earth around the sun, once every 365 days is called _____________.

a. revolution b. rotation c. orbit d. ellipse

4. The spinning of Earth is called _____________________.

a. Revolution b. rotation c. orbit d. ellipse

5. The earth rotates on its axis about once every ____________ hours

a. 23 b. 27 c. 24 d. 28

6. An equinox occurs when _______________________.

a. Neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun

b. The Northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun

c. The Northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun

d. Earth’s axis is parallel to the Sun’s rays

7. The position of the axis on Earth is important for which

reason?

a. Night and day

b. length of a year

c. Seasons

d. position in the solar system

8. When the north end of Earth’s axis is tilted toward the Sun, what will North America

experience?

a. More indirect rays and shorter days

b. More indirect rays and longer days

c. More direct rays and shorter days

d. More direct rays and longer days

9. The hemisphere tilted toward the Sun gets __________________.

a. more indirect rays, has longer days and warmer season

b. more direct rays, has longer days and warmer season5

c. more direct rays, has shorter days and cooler season

d. more indirect rays, has longer days and cooler season

10. The Sun reaches its highest point in the Northern hemisphere during _____________.

a. June b. September c. December d. March
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