The Reasons for Seasons Unit Assessment

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1. What are the two solstices? 4. List 3 natural light sources:

a. Winter & Summer
1.
b. Summer & Autumn
2.
c. Winter & Spring
d. Spring & Autumn 3.

2. Fill in the blanks: 5. A life cycle shows how living things

and gases do not over time.
have a definite , a. Breathe & Eat
they both take the shape of its b. Pollinate & Reproduce
container. c. Fruit & Flower
d. Grow & Change

3. The process called when leaves 6. List the 3 States of Matter.

begin to change color? 1.
a. Pigments
2.
b. Photosynthesis
3.
c. Life Cycle
d. Chlorophyll
 The Reasons for Seasons Unit Assessment

7. The phase change from a gas 10. List the three things a plant
turning into a liquid is called needs to grow and be healthy:
a. Evaporation 1.
b. Precipitation
2.
c. Condensation
d. Particles 3.

8. Fill in the blank:

11. Humans are bioluminescent which
There may be more than
means they omit?
a. Heat
pigment(s) in a leaf.
b. Artificial Light
c. Light
9. How long does it take for Earth to
d. Shadows
orbit completely around the sun?
a. One Solstice
b. Six Months
c. Twenty-four Hours
d. One Year
 The Reasons for Seasons Unit Assessment

12. Connect the vocabulary word with the definition by writing the
correct letter.

1. Photosynthesis A. The green substance in plants.

B. Matter that is wet and can be poured.

2. Equinox
C. To come out of a seed and begin to grow.

3. Natural Light D. Either of the two times each year when the
sun crosses the equator and day and night are
everywhere on earth of approximately equal
4. Liquid
length.

5. Germinate E. Anything that has mass and takes up space.

F. A cast of darkness cause by the blockage of

6. Solstice light; natural or artificial.

G. When a seed starts to grow.

7. Matter
H. The process by which a plant turns water and
carbon dioxide into food when it is exposed to
light. When chlorophyll breaks down, yellow
8. Sprout
pigments in the leaves become visible.

I. A source of light that comes from something

9. Shadow natural; often light from the sun or stars.

J. The two times during the year when the sun

10. Chlorophyll is farthest north or south of the equator.
 The Reasons for Seasons Summative Assessment
*Answer Key*

1. (A) Winter & Summer

2. Liquids/Shape
3. (B) Photosynthesis
4. Fire/Sun/Stars/Etc. (any natural light source)
5. (D) Grow & Change
6. Solid/Liquid/Gas
7. (C) Condensation
8. One
9. (D) One Year
10. Water/Sun/Soil
11. (C) Light
12. Correct Letters:
12.1. H
12.2. D
12.3. I
12.4. B
12.5. G
12.6. J
12.7. E
12.8. C
12.9. F
12.10. A
 The Reasons for Seasons Summative Assessment
*Rubric*

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