6th Grade Final Exam May 2025

Which layer of Earth do scientists believe is most likely made of solid metal?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Which layer of Earth is the thinnest?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Which of the following processes produce metamorphic rocks?

• Rapid burial

• Gradual cooling

• Regular deposition

• Extreme pressure

Scientists classify igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks based on their –

• Shape

• Color

• Formation

• Usefulness

All living things share some characteristics. For example, all organisms -

• are made up of one or more cells.

• make their own food from sunlight.

• have a skeleton to provide support

• emerge, at birth, from some type of egg.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Unlike prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells have their genetic material centrally located in a ________

• chloroplast

• vacuole

• lysosome

• nucleus

Animal, fungi, plant, and protista cells are all examples of which type of cell?

• Prokaryotic

• Eukaryotic

• Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic

• not here

Of the characteristic comparisons in the list below, which option is one of those used for classifying an organism into a taxonomic kingdom (Eukaryotic/Prokaryotic)?

• Has nucleus / does not have nucleus

• Internal skeleton / exoskeleton

• Broad leaves / narrow leaves

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The two scientists responsible for discovering that both plant and animal tissue are made of cells are____?

• Schleiden and Hooke

• Hooke and Schwann

• Schleiden and Schwann

• Remack and Schleiden

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

At what level of organization in an ecosystem is an individual plant or animal?

• Population

• Organism

• Community

• Ecosystem