Science 6th Grade Study Guide

When two plates separate it is known as a _______ plate boundary.

What is the mode in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 2, 5

Where is the reference point for the prime meridian

Which mineral has a hardness scale number of 10?

Under the right temperature and pressure shale becomes _____.

The equator separates the Earth into the _____ and ______ hemispheres.

Which direction does the Earth rotate?

The boundary between the crust and mantle is called the ______.

The Earth is divided into ____ time zones.

During an earthquake where is the epicenter located?

What percentage of oxygen makes up Earth's atmosphere?

This scientist used the evidence of seafloor spreading to explain what moved continents.

The inner planets all have a core made of ___ and _____.

Which body of water contains Puerto Rico?

How many moon does Mercury have?

Alabama is located in the ______ time zone.

How many galaxies are there in the universe?

Which types of comets are found in the Oort Cloud?

Which is the current era?

Where is most of Earth's freshwater found?

Which is the largest moon in our solar system?

The long-term average weather conditions that occur in particular region is called ______.

Which direction does Venus rotate?

Earth's atmosphere is made of ______ nitrogen.

Longitude is represented by _____ lines.

The Earth spins on an imaginary axis that is tilted ______.

The Moon rotates and revolves ______.

Which mountain range extend from Maine to Alabama?

Under the right temperature and pressure limestone becomes _____.

Which is not a type of plate boundary?

Which mountain range extend Canada to New Mexico?

________ are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments.

The softest mineral is _________.

Which scale uses Roman numerals?

What is a mineral?

How does the Sun create energy?

What is the name of Jupiter's four largest moons?

The German scientist who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift was named ____ ____.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

Which body of water contains the Hawaiian Islands?

Which Earth layer is the least dense?

Which is the current eon?

What is the name of the large volcano found on Mars?

What is the name of the phase directly after the full Moon?

Which is the largest Earth system?

Which of these atmospheric layers includes the ionosphere?

An astronomical unit is used to measure distance _____ the solar system.

Which star is closest to our solar system?

In which atmospheric layer do satellites orbit the Earth?

A process that uses a set of skills to answer questions or test ideas about the natural world is called ________.

Which layer gives the Sun its color?

What is the SI base unit for length?

Which is the brightest star?

In the stratosphere temperature ________ as altitude increases.

Which two planets are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium?

When does spring occur in the northern hemisphere?

The second largest moon in the solar system (Titan) belongs to this planet?

Which is the third largest ocean?

Which word is associated with earthquakes?

Which is the hottest planet?

Which are the current epochs

Which is the current period?

Which is located in the Pacific Ocean?

The prime meridian separates the Earth into the ____ and ____ hemispheres.

Which mountain range is found on the western side of the United States

Which variable does a scientist change in an experiment?

Latitude is represented by ______ lines.

The solar system is located in which galaxy?

Which type of scientist studies fossils

What is Earth's period of revolution?

What is one way scientists discover what Earth's interior is like?

Which bodies of water are partly or completely encircled by land?

Electric current is measured in ______?

In which layer of the Sun does light become heat?

What percentage of Earth water is salt water?

"Science is fun." is a(n) _______.

Which is not a way plates move?

How bright a star appears from Earth is its ________ ______.

A _______ is used to measure distance outside the solar system.

What is the range in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Which mountain range is found on the eastern side of the United States?

____ _____ is the theory that suggests the Earth's surface is divided into large plates of rigid rock.

What is the mean in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The series of natural processes by which water continually moves among oceans and the atmosphere is called _____.

What is the name of the adopted measurement system scientists use to share scientific information?

Which is a natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains?

This is a picture of ______ _____

Which is not a physical property of minerals?

Where does most metamorphic rocks form?

Which mountain range is located in Asia?

What is science?

What is the chemical symbol for ozone?

A planet moves _______ when it is closer to the Sun than when it is ______ away.

Which term means packed close together?

What is the median in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

This gas gives Neptune and Uranus its blue color?

In the troposphere temperature _____ as altitude increases.

Humans live in which layer of the atmosphere?

What is Earth's period of rotation?

What are the three major types of rocks?