UNIT TEST A

PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

1. How many planets are there in the Solar System?

a) five planets

b) six planets

c) eight planets

d) nine planets

2. What percentage of the surface of the Earth is water?

a) 30 %
b) 50 %

c) 70 %

d) 90 %

3. Where is the Earth slightly flattened?

a) At the poles

b) At the Equator

c) It is a perfect sphere

d) In the tropics

4. What does life as we know it depend on?

a) On the distance from the Sun, the existence of liquid water, and the atmosphere

b) On the distance from the Sun and the existence of the atmosphere
c) On the existence of vegetation and liquid water

d) On the distance from the Sun, the existence of liquid water, and vegetation

5. What is the Earth’s rotation?

a) The rotation of the Earth around the Sun

b) The rotation of the Moon around the Earth

c) The rotation of the Earth

d) The rotation of the Moon

6. What does rotation cause?

a) The seasons

b) Day and night

c) The cardinal points

d) The earth’s climate

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PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

7. What is the Earth’s revolution?

a) The rotation of the Earth around the Sun

b) The rotation of the Moon around the Earth

c) The rotation of the Earth

d) The rotation of the Moon

8. What does revolution cause?

a) The seasons
b) Day and night

c) The cardinal points

d) The Earth’s climate

9. Which is the point of contact between the Earth and a cylinder in the cylindrical projection?
a) The North Pole

b) The South Pole

c) The Equator

d) The Tropic of Capricorn

10. Which is the point of contact between the Earth and a cone in the conical projection?
a) The North Pole

b) The South Pole

c) The tropics

d) The Equator

11. What are the imaginary lines between the Equator and any other point on Earth called?
a) Parallels

b) Meridians
c) eclipses

d) projections
12. What are the imaginary lines that go around the Earth from east to west vertically from
the Poles called?

a) Parallels

b) Meridians

c) Equinoxes

d) Solstices

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PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

13. What is the meridian of a place?

a) The real distance between the place and the Equator

b) The distance in kilometers from the North to the South Pole

c) The real distance between the place the and 0º meridian

d) The real distance between the place the Tropic of Cancer

14. What is the main objective of a cartographer?

a) To make mathematical calculations

b) To apply topographical techniques

c) To represent a sphere onto a flat surface

d) To collect information about what is on the surface

15. What is a map?

a) The representation of smaller spaces than those found in cities and towns

b) An accurate and proportional representation of the Earth, or any part of it, on a flat surface

c) The scientific study of maps and how to use them

d) A photograph of the Earth

16. What is the scale of a map or plan?

a) The representation of smaller spaces than those found in cities and towns

b) The proportion between a surface represented on a map and reality

c) The information shown on a map

d) The image seen after projecting a body with volume onto a flat surface
17. What are we referring to when we mention 24 vertical strips that represent different
hours?
a) Time zones

b) Parallels

c) Meridians

d) Cartographic projections

18. What do we call maps that show details of the landscapes of an area?

a) Plans

b) Topographical maps

c) Thematic maps

d) Guides

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PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

19. What place does the 0º Meridian pass through?

a) Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain)

b) San Fernando (Cádiz, Spain)

c) Greenwich (London, England)

d) Isla del Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain)

20. What is the main purpose of time zones?

a) To establish the meridians on the Earth’s surface

b) To establish different times between areas and countries on Earth

c) To establish the altitude of the continents

d) To establish the parallels on the Earth’s surface

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 UNIT TEST A. ANSWER KEY
PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

1. How many planets are there in the Solar System?

a) five planets

b) six planets

c) eight planets

d) nine planets

2. What percentage of the surface of the Earth is water?

a) 30 %
b) 50 %

c) 70 %

d) 90 %

3. Where is the Earth slightly flattened?

a) At the poles

b) At the Equator

c) It is a perfect sphere

d) In the tropics

4. What does life as we know it depend on?

a) On the distance from the Sun, the existence of liquid water, and the atmosphere

b) On the distance from the Sun and the existence of the atmosphere
c) On the existence of vegetation and liquid water

d) On the distance from the Sun, the existence of liquid water, and vegetation

5. What is the Earth’s rotation?

a) The rotation of the Earth around the Sun

b) The rotation of the Moon around the Earth

c) The rotation of the Earth

d) The rotation of the Moon

6. What does rotation cause?

a) The seasons

b) Day and night

c) The cardinal points

d) The earth’s climate

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 UNIT TEST A. ANSWER KEY
PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

7. What is the Earth’s revolution?

a) The rotation of the Earth around the Sun

b) The rotation of the Moon around the Earth

c) The rotation of the Earth

d) The rotation of the Moon

8. What does revolution cause?

a) The seasons
b) Day and night

c) The cardinal points

d) The Earth’s climate

9. Which is the point of contact between the Earth and a cylinder in the cylindrical projection?
a) The North Pole

b) The South Pole

c) The Equator

d) The Tropic of Capricorn

10. Which is the point of contact between the Earth and a cone in the conical projection?
a) The North Pole

b) The South Pole

c) The tropics

d) The Equator

11. What are the imaginary lines between the Equator and any other point on Earth called?
a) Parallels

b) Meridians
c) eclipses

d) Projections
12. What are the imaginary lines that go around the Earth from east to west vertically from
the Poles called?

a) Parallels

b) Meridians

c) Equinoxes

d) Solstices

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 UNIT TEST A. ANSWER KEY
PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

13. What is the meridian of a place?

a) The real distance between the place and the Equator

b) The distance in kilometers from the North to the South Pole

c) The real distance between the place the and 0º meridian

d) The real distance between the place the Tropic of Cancer

14. What is the main objective of a cartographer?

a) to make mathematical calculations

b) to apply topographical techniques

c) to represent a sphere onto a flat surface

d) to collect information about what is on the surface

15. What is a map?

a) The representation of smaller spaces than those found in cities and towns

b) An accurate and proportional representation of the Earth, or any part of it, on a flat surface

c) The scientific study of maps and how to use them

d) A photograph of the Earth

16. What is the scale of a map or plan?

a) The representation of smaller spaces than those found in cities and towns

b) The proportion between a surface represented on a map and reality

c) The information shown on a map

d) The image seen after projecting a body with volume onto a flat surface
17. What are we referring to when we mention 24 vertical strips that represent different
hours?
a) Time zones

b) Parallels

c) Meridians

d) Cartographic projections

18. What do we call maps that show details of the landscapes of an area?

a) Plans

b) Topographical maps

c) Thematic maps

d) Guides

PHOTOCOPIABLE MATERIAL / © Oxford University Press España, S. A.

 UNIT TEST A. ANSWER KEY
PLANET EARTH AND ITS REPRESENTATION

Name: _______________________________________________ Course: _____ Date: _______

19. What place does the 0º Meridian pass through?

a) Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain)

b) San Fernando (Cádiz, Spain)

c) Greenwich (London, England)

d) Isla del Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain)

20. What is the main purpose of time zones?

a) To establish the meridians on the Earth’s surface

b) To establish different times between areas and countries on Earth

c) To establish the altitude of the continents

d) To establish the parallels on the Earth’s surface

PHOTOCOPIABLE MATERIAL / © Oxford University Press España, S. A.