stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
6th Grade Earth Science Final Exam Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
6th Grade Earth Science Final Exam
6th Grade Earth Science Final Exam
54 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
3,171 plays
6 Grade Earth Science Final Exam Review #platetectonics
Flashcards
54 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
54
Answers
1
What is the rapid moving of sediments down the side of a mountain known as?
Abrasion
Landslide
Gulley
Rill
2
From lowest to highest temperature, which is the correct order of Earth’s layers?
Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
3
What is the name of this plate boundary and what geologic feature does it form?
Convergent - Mountains
Divergent - Mid-Ocean Ridge
Transform - Earthquakes
Convergent - Volcanic Mountains
4
Which process breaks down a rock and causes the minerals to change inside of a rock?
Mechanical Weathering
Erosion
Chemical Weathering
Deposition
5
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a divergent plate boundary located in the Atlantic Ocean. What is happening to this ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean shrinks one year and then gets bigger the next year.
The Atlantic Ocean is getting bigger.
The Atlantic Ocean is remaining the same size.
The Atlantic Ocean is getting smaller.
6
Which layer of the Earth is liquid (molten) iron and nickel?
Outer Core
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
7
Should coal be classified as a renewable or nonrenewable source? Why?
Nonrenewable because it takes millions of years to replace.
Renewable because it is replaced in our lifetime
Nonrenewable because it can be replaced in our lifetime.
Renewable because it takes millions of years to form
8
What is the composition of soil?
Organic Material Only
Rocks Only
Weathered Rock and Organic Material
Minerals Only
9
Which type of rock most often forms in water?
Metamorphic
Talc
Sedimentary
Igneous
10
What process can change a rock into a sediment?
heat and pressure
weathering and erosion
weathering and cooling
heating and cooling
11
What type of plate boundary forms a mid-ocean ridge?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Reverse
12
Which type of plate boundary creates new crust?
Convergent
Reverse
Transform
Divergent
13
When fossil fuels run out, what type of energy source will we begin to use?
Coal
Oil
Natural Gas
Renewable
14
Which of the following statements about the Earth is FALSE?
The outer core is liquid iron
The mantle is the thickest layer
The crust is where we live
The inner core is liquid iron
15
Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
16
Explain how the Appalachian mountains formed in the U.S.
Divergent Boundary - Oceanic to Oceanic
Convergent Boundary - Continental to Continental
Divergent Boundary - Continental to Continental
Convergent Boundary - Oceanic to Continental
17
What is this a picture of and how did it form?
Delta - River carries sediment to ocean and drops it
Delta - ocean carries sediment to river and drops it
Barrier Island - ocean carries sediment to river & drops it
Barrier Island - River carries sediment to ocean & drops it
18
Why does the Atlantic Ocean get bigger each year?
Earthquakes (Transform Boundary)
The spinning of Earth on its axis
Volcanic Mountains (Convergent Boundary)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Divergent Boundary)
19
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes happen most often?
In the Lithosphere
Up North
In the South
Plate boundaries
20
Which activity would cause the most erosion?
Planting trees at your school
Picking up trash by the highway
Removing all of the trees to build a mall
Planting a garden in your backyard
21
Larry set up lab stations to test & identify minerals. Which station is not set up correctly?
Luster, Hardness, Streak, Fracture
Luster, Hardness, Fracture, Cleavage
Luster, Hardness, Streak, Cleavage
Luster, Streak, Fracture, Length
22
Which layer of the Earth is solid iron and nickel?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
23
What makes an object a mineral?
solid, natural, inorganic, non-crystal
solid, natural, organic, crystal
solid, natural, inorganic, crystal
liquid, natural, inorganic, crystal
24
What happens to density, pressure and temperature as you dig deeper into the Earth?
All decrease
Temperature and pressure increase and density decreases
Temperature and pressure decreases and density increases
All increase
25
Students are investigating the layers of Earth. Which question can be answered during the investigation?
Why does the temp & pressure decrease as you move towards the core?
Why do both the temp & pressure increase as you move towards the core?
Why does temp increase & pressure decrease as you move towards the core?
Why do both temp and pressure stay the same as you move towards the core?
26
Deposition is the dropping off of sediment. Which does NOT cause deposition to occur?
Waves crashing on the shore
Moving water in a river
Strong winds blowing
High temperature in the area
27
What is the relationship between rocks and minerals?
Rocks are not minerals.
Rocks are made of minerals.
Minerals and rocks are both organic.
Minerals are made of rocks.
28
While visiting a volcano on vacation, you noticed a black rock on the ground. What type of rock did you find?
Extrusive Igneous
Non-foliated metamorphic
Foliated Metamorphic
Intrusive Igneous
29
There is a convergent plate boundary off the coast of South America. What would you find in the surrounding area?
volcanoes
trench
mountains
All of the answer choices
30
How does fossil evidence support Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?
Similar fossils found on different continents suggest Pangaea happened.
Plant and animal fossils show evidence of changes in Earth’s polarity.
Fossil evidence suggests that the continents have always been in same place
No similarities exist between fossils on different continents.
31
Which question would BEST help determine if a resource is renewable or nonrenewable?
Can the resource be replaced as fast as it is consumed?
Can the resource cause pollution?
Does the resource cost more than other resources?
Does the resource take up more space than other resources?
32
What evidence supports Wegener’s theory of continental drift?
The oceans are rapidly growing larger
Earth’s core is made of iron and creates a magnetic field
Continents fit together like puzzle pieces
Land masses are slowly growing larger
33
What process can change a rock into a metamorphic rock?
heat and pressure
weathering and erosion
heat and erosion
heating and cooling
34
Scientists were digging in Antarctica & found a tropical plant fossil. Which question should be asked to understand this
Did Antarctica once have a different climate due to plate tectonics?
Did the tropics get cold during an ice-age.
Did the plant fossil cross the ocean and get buried at the beach?
Did Antarctica have a different climate due to deep ocean currents?
35
Which of the following is the BEST way to explain how convection currents work?
Warm, more dense magma rises & cool, less dense magma sinks
Cool, less dense magma rises & warm, more dense magma sinks
Cool, more dense magma rises & warm, less dense magma sinks
Warm, less dense magma rises & cool, more dense magma sinks
36
Which of the following is an example of water conservation?
Turning off faucets while brushing your teeth.
All of the choices.
Using rainwater to water your grass.
Repairing leaky faucets.
37
What is the relationship between greenhouse gases and global warming?
As greenhouse gases increase, global temperature remains the same.
As greenhouse gases increase, global temperature increases.
As greenhouse gases decrease, global temperature increases.
As greenhouse gases increase, global temperature decreases
38
Which question would be the LEAST helpful in determining how a beach formed on the bank of a river?
Was there a lot of wind that dropped the sand and caused the beach to form?
Was there a change in temp that caused the beach to form?
Was there a lot of rain that moved and deposited the sand?
Was gravity causing sediment to fall down mountain & deposit by the river?
39
Which of the following BEST explains what happens at a subduction zone?
Oceanic plate converges with continental plate. No plates get pushed down.
Oceanic plate converges with continental plate. Both plates get pushed down
Oceanic plate converges with continental plate. Oceanic plate goes down.
Oceanic plate converges with continental plate. Continental plate goes down
40
Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming today?
They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
They are being formed as a type of methane which we can't use
We are using fossil fuels faster than they can form.
The fossil fuels are being broken down by natural processes.
41
How does the density of material in Earth’s layers change with depth (as you go from the crust to the core)?
Density increases, then decreases with depth
Density does not change with depth
Density decreases with depth
Density increases with depth
42
Which of the following BEST explains what is happening at point B?
Tectonic plates dividing at convergent boundaries, creating volcanoes.
Tectonics plates diverging, creating a mid-ocean ridge.
Tectonic plates colliding at divergent boundary, creating rift valley.
Tectonic plates colliding at a convergent boundary, creating a trench.
43
Describe what causes an earthquake.
Convection in the lithosphere stop, which causes the plates to shake.
Convection in the asthenosphere speed up which causes the plates to shake.
Convection in the asthenosphere stop, which causes the plates to shake.
Convection in asthenosphere move plates. Plates get stuck then make EQ.
44
You have decided to stop using fossil fuels. What question would help you make this life change
How many people live in your house?
What renewable resources are available in your area?
What nonrenewable resources are available in your area?
How many times do you use technology in one day?
45
Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
Crust
Outer Core
Mantle
Inner Core
46
Which layer of the soil profile has the MOST humus?
4
2
3
1
47
Which of the following actions causes the MOST global warming?
Raising cattle
Placing garbage on the side of a road
Burning fossil fuels in a factory
Acid rain polluting water
48
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes form on the Ring of Fire more than anywhere else on Earth?
Because it is on fire
Because it is a plate boundary
Because it is in the middle of a country
Because it is in the middle of a continent
49
Power plants that put water underground to heat up & return as steam to make energy are making
solar energy - nonrenewable resource
geothermal energy - renewable resource
wind energy - renewable resource
biomass - nonrenewable resource
50
Given what you know about the layers of Earth, which of the following elements is probably the MOST dense?
Magnesium
Oxygen
Iron
Aluminum
51
If a fish fossil is found on top of a mountain, what does that tell you?
Mountain dwelling people bury their fish when they die.
Fish once lived on mountains.
Oceans form wherever they want.
The mountain was once oceanic crust and became continental.
52
What process can change a rock into an igneous rock?
heat and pressure
heating and cooling
weathering and erosion
weathering and cooling
53
Which BEST shows the relationship between erosion and deposition?
Waves carry sediment and drop it to make a barrier island
Big rocks hitting smaller rocks and breaking them down
Waves crashing against a rock and breaking it down.
Dropping sand on a beach
54
Which of the following is the biggest contributor of global warming over the past 100 years?
Earth spinning on its axis
Burning fossil fuels
Raising cattle
Using electronics
