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Earth Science 6th Grade End of the Year Cumulative Assessment
Earth Science 6th Grade End of the Year Cumulative Assessment
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An overview of the year of Earth Science.
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1
What is the difference between longitude and latitude?
Longitude are east and west, latitude are north and south
Longitude are North and south, latitude are east and west
2
What is an epicenter?
The location on the surface where an earthquake occurs
the location of a tsunami
the location of a hurricane
a location where two lithospheric plates come together
3
What is the layer at the center of the Earth?
crust
outer core
mantle
inner core
4
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Ozone
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Water Vapor
5
what is a tropical Storm that forms over ocean waters?
Warm front
Hurricane
Cold front
Blizzard
6
What type of clouds produce precipitation?
cirrus
Altostratus
Nimbostratus
Stratus
7
What is a caldera?
A crater formed by a collapsed volcano
a lake made by erosion
volcano that throws ash up into the air
a rounded volcano that magma slowly flows down
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What is an example of mechanical erosion?
when plants grow in a crack and break apart the rock
When chemicals wear away rock
when rocks are rained on
when people wear away rock with pollution
9
What is a normal fault?
Plates slide side by side
the hanging plate moves downward
the plates diverge
the hanging wall moves upward
10
What are the steps to the scientific method?
Reasoning, Theory, Hypothesis, Data, Conclude
Question, Research, Hypothesis,Experiment, Analyze, Conclude
Research, Experiment, Hypothesis, Conclude, Data
Question, Hypothesis, Theory, Structure, Research
11
What is a transform plate boundary?
forms when plates move apart
when one plate subducts under another
when two plates converge
when plates slide past each other
12
Which layer of the atmosphere prevents meteors from falling to Earth?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
13
What is a hypothesis?
Researching and data collecting
an educated guess
analyzing data
concluding your experiment
14
What is loam?
Sand, silt, clay made to help plants grow
a type of plant that kills weeds
the scond layer of soil made up of rocks and moss
crumbly dark brown mixture of humus, clay and minerals
15
What volcano is made up of alternating layers of ash and lava?
shield
caldera
composite
cinder cone
16
The best way we can stop plastics polluting our oceans is...
reduce, reuse, recycle and refuse
blame it on the companies that make the plastics
Stop using single use plastics
don't take plastic bottles to the beach
17
How do thunderstorms form?
Ions rise up and crash down on the ground
water vapor becomes positively charged
warm air rises from the hot ground and creates a downdraft
A tornado builds friction which causes electricity bolts
18
A major reason we have so many plastics in the ocean is . . .
people use too many single use plastics
some countries are still dumping in the ocean
recycling isn't really helping reduce plastics
people just throw away plastics
19
How are minerals identified?
Color, streak, luster
size of mineral found
cost per ounce
By a scanner
20
What do you call a wall of sand left when a sea arch collapses?
Bluff
sea stack
sea cliff
Sand bar
21
What is a form of renewable energy
natural gas
coal
oil
wind
22
What is convection?
transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves
transfer of heat from one object to another
heat in the atmosphere
movement of heat in a fluid
23
Flooding occurs when...
people fish too much of a river
it hails too much
so much water enters a river and it overflows the banks
snow melts too quickly and overflows a river
24
What is the weakest mineral on the Moh's Hardness Scale?
apatite
Talc
Diamond
Topaz
25
What are igneous rocks?
formed when heat and pressure squeeze the rocks together
formed when rocks dissolve into tiny particles
formed when magma cools and solidifies
formed by extreme pressure where sediments layer
26
What is radiation?
movement of energy through objects by electrmagnetic waves
the movement of energy through the Earth
waves of heat from the interior of earth
movement of energy through liquids
27
What is a reservoir?
A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water
a moving river or stream that is in a valley
a large salty water recreation area
an area of brackish water
28
What is a delta?
a triangular piece of land formed when sediment is deposited
a flat, triangular piece of land that is formed by erosion
A small, round pile of rocks formed by lava
a circular pile of sand in the middle of a river
29
What was Wegener's theory
Rocks are made up of many different minerals
the north and south are different hemospheres
plants and animals are different on all continents
the Earth was once all one super continent
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An example of chemical weathering is...
salty water eroding away rocks
rocks grinding against each other
animals burrowing in the soil
slugs eating leaves
