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First Trimester Sixth Grade Earth science
First Trimester Sixth Grade Earth science
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where a place is located in relation to another place
lines of latitude
relative location
region
obsolute location
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Which kind of soil can hold more water than the others?
Clay
Humus
Silt
Sandy
3
A fossil is formed when sediment fills a mold is a
index fossil
cast
fossil fuel
mold
4
The cause is ?; The effect is
mountain ranges and volcanoes are formed
convergent boundary
tornados occur
sea floor spreading
earthquakes happen
5
A fossil that is an impression left by a plant or animal is a
cast
fossil fuel
fossil
mold
6
Three major types of rocks
sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic
Brenda, Mrs. Duvall and Joseph
Paige, Matt, and Rachel and</p>
deposition,erosion and weathering
7
Which part of an organism is the most likely to be fossilized?
hard tissue
the head
the soft tissue
the feet
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What do the arrows in the rock cycle show?
The forces that cause rock to change
The direction the rock moves
9
Two types of weathering are
Physical and chemical
None of these
Physical and erosion
Chemical and erosion
10
If the Earth were the apple, which part would be the crust?
pizza crust
core
seeds
apple's peel
11
A glacier is...
A very fancy French ice cream
A very large ice cube
Immense sheets if ice that says frozen
Beyoncé' cousin
12
Wind, gravity, water and ice are all types of
erosion
sea floor spreading
plate techonics
focus
13
What is the most important factor in the process of soil formation?
Bedrock
Topsoil
Farming
Weathering
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The
cause
is transformed fault boundary, two plates move past each other; The
effect is
...
snow
no new crust is formed; earthquakes happen
mountain ranges
tornados
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If the Earth were an apple, which part would be the core?
stem
apple tree
apple's core
peel
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Sea-floor spreading is
the sea streching out
transform fault boundary
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
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What type of rock Forms when layers of sediment settles over time and binds together?
Igneous
Snickers
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
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What do farmers do today to conserve soil?
All of these
They plant windbreaks
Practice contour lowing and terracing
Plant crops with strong root system to hold soil in place
19
How do scienctist use rock layers and fossils to describe the history of the Earth?
mixing up the layers and rocks
determining the hardness of the rock
Fossils can help scientists determine the ages of the rock
by counting the rings on the rock
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What makes a glacier such a powerful agent of erosion and deposition?
its weight
it is really big
its weight and ability to carry large amount of material
the ability to carry large materials
21
Five themes of geography are
red, white, gray, black and orange
Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Texas and Florida
Justice, Claudia, Timothy, Makayla and Toby
location, place, human environment, movement and regions
22
How does water change the Earth's surface?
makes the rocks smoother
carries it down stream
breaks it down
melts the rock
23
The theory that the plates of the lithosphere are always moving is called
plate techonics
pizza
deposition
erosion
24
How does ice change the Earth's surface?
carrying away as it flows
makes it smooth
smooths the landscape and erodes small hills
melting rock
25
Which is the most accurate scale for measuring amount of energy released during an earthquake?
moment magnitude scale
Mercalli intensity scale
seismograph scale
Richter scale
26
What type of rock changes by pressure, high temperature, very hot water or combination?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Snickers
27
sedimentary rock is
magma exposed to the surface
melted rock
rocks that form layers
rock that forms with pressure and heat
28
How does gravity change the Earth's surface?
melting the rock
makes it smooth
moves rocks down the moutain or hill side
breaking it down
29
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is called
Glacier
Volcano
A mess
Lava
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Cause
: At a divergent boundary plates move apart; The
effect is..
sea floor spreading
no new crust is formed
earthquakes happen
plates move together
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erosion is
an immense sheet of ice
movement of weathered rock from one location to another
rock that has been made smooth
dropping or settling of eroded materials
32
Which part is
NOT
a kind of fossil?
sediment
footprints
amber
cast
33
How does wind change the Earth's surface?
by breaking down rocks
smoothing the rock
melting the rock
pounding on the rocks
34
Rocks undergo ____________ and __________ during moutain building.
peace and hope
weathering and eroding
presure and high temperatures
crying and screaming
35
Which fossil indicates an ancient land environment?
natural gas
coal
petroleum
clam
36
An energy-r ich resourace that formed from the buried reamins of once-living organism is a
cast
fossil fuel
mass extinction
mold
37
Any naturally presered evidence of life is a
mold
mass extinction
fossil
cast
38
A region created when the Earth is divided in half
latitude
longitude
region
hemisphere
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A period in which a great number of speices become extinct is a
mass extinction
cast
fossil
mold
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The very bottom layer of soil is called...
Bedrock
Rock and roll
Rock on!
Fragile
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Lines of Latitude are...
a geographer who makes maps
Imaginary lines running from West to East
