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6th Science - Earth Science Review
6th Science - Earth Science Review
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1
A school is trying to conserve energy. Which of the following will help them?
Installing solar panels
Keeping the heater on at night
Giving students more free time
Using smaller buses
2
A hydroelectric dam generates energy by...
creating a large amount of electricity by herding fish
Using the wind to power a generator
Turning water into steam by heating it
Using gravity to make water spin a turbine
3
When an earthquake occurs, it is released as what type of energy?
Kinetic
Stored
Potential
Powerful
4
What is true about the Earth's inner core?
it is Earth's largest layer
It is a liquid composed of nickel and iron
It is Earth's coldest layer
it is a solid composed of nickel and iron
5
Oceanic crust is composed of...
thick rock
less dense rock
basaltic rock
granitic rock
6
which of these is
not
an advantage of solar power?
solar panels will work day and night
solar energy is improving in efficiency
solar panels can be placed almost anywhere
solar energy does not polute
7
What type of plate boundary has formed the Himalayan Mountains?
Divergent
Conforming
Transform
Convergent
8
What is the continental crust's composition?
gravel rock
basaltic rock
marble rock
granitic rock
9
What is Earth's hottest layer?
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
10
All of these are ways to conserve energy,
except...
carpool
taking long showers
recycling waste
using CFL bulbs
11
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what type of plate boundary?
Convergent
Division
Divergent
Transform
12
The "Ring of Fire" follows the Northern edge of which tectonic plate?
Pacific
African
Australian
Eurasian
13
How do we get energy from biomass?
By selling it
By composting it
By planting it
By burning it
14
What is Earth's largest layer?
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Crust
15
Volcanic arcs are caused by what type of plate boundary?
Transform
Folding
Divergent
Convergent
16
Which of the following
is
an advantage of coal?
coal pollutes
coal dust can cause lung disease
coal is abundant
coal is a fossil fuel
17
Which tectonic plate do we live on?
Australian
North American
South American
Antarctic
18
Which layer contains convection currents?
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Outer Core
19
What two tectonic plates make up the Himalayan Mountains?
African and Eurasian
North American and African
Antarctic and Australian
Eurasian and Australian
20
Subduction occurs at which type of plate boundary?
Transform
Transiberian
Divergent
Convergent
21
Which tectonic plate is
not
a part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
Pacific
South American
African
North American
