SIXTH GRADE FINAL REVIEW

Many scientists hypothesize that the dinosaurs became extinct

In which zone is ocean temperature most affected by the weather

The asteroid belt is located

The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic are divisions in the geologic time scale called

The part of the Earth system that includes Earth’s solid, rocky, outer layer is the

Glaciers can only form when

The solar system formed from

Deltas are built up by

A stream or river that runs into another stream or river is called a

In a heliocentric system, Earth revolves around

The process by which all of living things have changed over long periods of time is called

The process by which wind removes surface materials is called

is the point beneath Earth’s surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake

From first to last, put seismograph waves in order

The phase of the moon you see depends

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called

Earth’s rotation takes about

The law of superposition states that, in horizontal layers of sedimentary rock, each layer

Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called

A type of organism that no longer exists on Earth is said to be

What types of fossils can tell us more about ancient organisms habits?

Process when natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another is called

Rock that forms from the cooling of magma below the surface or lava at the surface is called

The process of slowly changing rocks from one kind to another is called

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?

What is the hardest known mineral?

Earth’s inner core is

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a

What is distinctive about Jupiter?

Soil formation begins with the weathering of

The end of the Paleozoic was marked by the

A fossil is

What is Pangaea?

Rocks are classified into how many groups?

Which type of stress force produces reverse faults

Before lava reaches the surface, the molten material is

Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is fresh water

In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the

Tides are caused by

Scientists think the moon was formed when

A mineral is inorganic, which means that it contains

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by

The fossils of organisms that were widely distributed but only lived during a short period

The moon appears to be cut in half during

The most important factors in determining the rate of weathering are

According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift,

Earth has seasons because

The three major steps of the water cycle are

One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about one

How many phases of the moon are there?