Essay Test Questions for Space Unit
Name:____________
Directions: To receive an A choose 3 of the 5 questions below to answer, 2 for a B and 1 for a C grade. Be
as complete with your answers and include drawings as necessary. I will collect it on Thursday. Grades will
be based on accuracy and number of questions chosen.
1. Describe three reasons why the atmosphere is important for all living things on Earth.
2. Draw a diagram showing the Moon in its eight phases. Label the Sun and Earth. Label the
names of each lunar phase. Below your drawing, write a paragraph describing why the Moon seems
to change its shape.
3. Draw and label a total lunar eclipse and a total solar eclipse. Below your lunar eclipse drawing, describe
why we do not have a lunar eclipse each month. Below your solar eclipse drawing, describe why the whole
earth doesn't see a solar eclipse when they take place.
4. Earth is closer to the Sun in January. List three reasons why it is cooler in January in the
Northern Hemisphere than it is in June.
5. Explain what solar wind is, where it comes from, what makes it up, and how it effects the earth. Be sure
to include a drawing of the earth's magnetic field.
Turn this paper in with your answers and please indicate the questions you answered here:
_____,_____,_____
Essay Test Questions for Space Unit
Name:
Directions: To receive an A choose 3 of the 5 questions below to answer, 2 for a B and 1 for a C grade. Be
as complete with your answers and include drawings as necessary. I will collect it on Thursday. Grades will
be based on accuracy and number of questions chosen.
1. Describe three reasons why the atmosphere is important for all living things on Earth.
2. Draw a diagram showing the Moon in its eight phases. Label the Sun and Earth. Label the
names of each lunar phase. Below your drawing, write a paragraph describing why the Moon seems
to change its shape.
3. Draw and label a total lunar eclipse and a total solar eclipse. Below your lunar eclipse drawing, describe
why we do not have a lunar eclipse each month. Below your solar eclipse drawing, describe why the whole
earth doesn't see a solar eclipse when they take place.
4. Earth is closer to the Sun in January. List three reasons why it is cooler in January in the
Northern Hemisphere than it is in June.
5. Explain what solar wind is, where it comes from, what makes it up, and how it effects the earth. Be sure
to include a drawing of the earth's magnetic field.
Turn this paper in with your answers and please indicate the questions you answered here:
_____,_____,_____