Option 1
Part I. A test with the choice of one correct answer.
1. The term “geography” was first used by:
1) Aristotle 2) Strabo 3) Eratosthenes 4) Ptolemy
2. In his book “A Walk Beyond Three Seas,” Athanasius Nikitin described the nature and population of:
1) China 2) India 3) Egypt 4) Siberia
3. The galaxy is:
1) the Sun and the planets orbiting it; 2) several stars;
3) a giant cluster of stars, a star system; 4) gas and dust nebulae.
4. The Sun is:
1) a planet; 2) a star; 3) a satellite; 4) a constellation.
5. The closest planet to the Sun is:
1) Mercury; 2) Uranus; 3) Earth; 4) Saturn.
6. The giant planet is:
1) Pluto; 2) Jupiter; 3) Venus; 4) Mars.
7. The Moon is a satellite of:
1) Earth; 2) Mars; 3) Venus; 4) the Sun.
8. The closest planets to Earth in the solar system are:
1) Saturn and Jupiter; 2) Mars and Venus;
3) Jupiter and Mars; 4) Venus and Mercury.
9. Which statement about the planets of the Earth Group is incorrect?
1) are closer to the Sun; 2) are small in size;
3) consist of solid matter; 4) rotate rapidly around an axis.
10. The change of day and night on Earth is a consequence of:
1) the Earth’s rotation around the Sun; 2) the action of tidal forces;
4. The Earth’s axial rotation.
Part II. Which statements are true?
1. The universe is the Sun with the planets orbiting around it.
2. Parallels are arcs drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole.
3. South America is located in the western hemisphere.
4. An atlas is a collection of maps.
5. Asteroids are small planets.
6. A site plan is a drawing of a large area of the earth’s surface.
7. The nearest star to the Earth is the Sun.
8. The Milky Way is a special glow in the air of our planet.
9. A galaxy is a huge cluster of stars, a star system.
10. The Earth has seven continents.
Part III. Answer the question, give explanations, give examples.
1. What is the solar system?
2. What is the earth’s axis?
3. Which continents are located entirely in the southern hemisphere?
4. What is called a twenty-four hour day.
5. The effects of the Earth’s rotation around its axis.
Option 2
Part I. A test with a choice of one correct answer.
The author of the geocentric model of the world order is:
1) Aristotle 2) Strabo 3) Herodotus 4) Ptolemy
2.The book of Marco Polo contains descriptions of the nature and population of the countries of the world:
1) Asia 2) Europe 3) Africa 4) America
3. Planet Earth is located in the Galaxy:
1) The Large Magellanic Cloud; 2) The Andromeda Nebula;
3) Milky Way; 4) Small Magellanic Cloud.
4. The number of large planets that make up the solar system:
1) 8; 2) 12; 3) 5; 4) 15.
5. The celestial bodies called “minor planets” are:
1) meteors; 2) comets; 3) meteorites; 4) asteroids.
6. The most distant planet of the Earth group from the Sun is:
1) Earth; 2) Mars; 3) Venus; 4) Mercury.
7. The largest planet in the solar system is:
1) Neptune; 2) Saturn; 3) Jupiter; 4) Mars.
8. A distinguishing feature of planet Earth from other planets in the solar system is:
1) spherical shape; 2) rotation around the Sun;
3) axial rotation; 4) the presence of life.
9. Which statement about giant planets is incorrect?
1) are farther away from the Sun; 2) are larger in size;
3) consist of solid matter; 4) rotate rapidly around an axis.
10. The period of rotation of the Earth around its axis is:
1) 365 days; 2) 24 hours; 3) 128 days; 4) 72 hours.
Part II. Which statements are true?
1. Stars are red-hot gas balls.
2. For a long time, the prevailing view was that the Earth was flat.
3. Land covers more than half of the Earth’s surface.
4. Only the Earth has a water shell.
5. The largest planet in the solar system is Uranus.
6. Asteroids are stars.
7. Meteorites are space bodies that have fallen to Earth.
8. A globe is a model of the moon.
9. A light year is the distance that light travels in one year.
10. A geographic map is a drawing of a small area of the Earth’s surface.
Part III. Answer the question, give explanations, and give examples.
1. What is the equator?
2. What is called a year?
3. The effects of the Earth’s rotation around the Sun.
4. What is the duration of one Earth day?
5. Which continents are located entirely in the northern hemisphere?
Answers
Option 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
1. The solar system includes the Sun, the planets orbiting it, and other cosmic bodies (meteors, meteorites, comets, asteroids, space dust).
2. It is an imaginary line passing through the Earth and out through the points of the poles.
3. Australia, Antarctica.
4. The period of rotation of the Earth around its axis, 24 hours.
5. The surface of the Earth is unequally illuminated, there is a change of light and dark time of day and night.
Option 2
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Part 3
1. An imaginary line on Earth, dividing it into northern and southern hemispheres. The longest parallel.
2. The period in which the Earth makes a complete revolution around the Sun. 365 days.
3. The Earth’s surface is unequally illuminated and there is a change of warm and cold seasons – summer and winter.
4. Almost 24 hours (23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds). 5. Eurasia, North America.
