6th Grade Earth Science Final Exam

If you break glassware during a lab you should

• tell the teacher immediately
• Clear people out of the area and leave broken glass for a janitor
• Tell the teacher on the way out of class at the end of the period
• Try to clean it up yourself quickly so you won�t bother anyone

What type of rock forms from cementation and compaction close to or on earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of rock forms from heat and pressure deep inside earth's surface?

• Sedimentary
• Metamorphic
• Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock forms from lava that has cooled quickly at or near earth's surface and produces small crystals.

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Which statement is true about rocks?

• Magma is made of solid rock.
• Rocks are made of one or more minerals.
• Crystals are made of rocks.
• Minerals are made of one or more rocks.

Minerals are made of one or more

• minerals.
• sediments.
• elements.
• rocks.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which type of rock is formed when particles are compacted and cemented together?

• igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• metallic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

If you traveled from the surface of Earth to the center, the pressure would...

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• unsure

Which piece of evidence did Wegener use to prove continental drift?

• The shape of the continents
• Similar fossils found on separate continents
• Tree fossils found in odd places
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Superposition means that in an undisturbed sequence of sedimentary rocks, which of the following is true?

• The oldest rocks are on top.
• The youngest rocks are in the middle.
• The youngest rocks are on the top.
• There is no way to know which layers are older.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4