Worksheets6th Grade Science Practice
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How often do you see a full moon on Earth?
a)
each week
b)
once a month
c)
every two weeks
d)
once each year
2.
Which point on Earth's surface would experience 24 hours of daylight?
a)
North Pole
b)
Equator
c)
None
d)
South Pole
3.
Which month does the North Pole have the shortest day of the year?
a)
April
b)
December
c)
June
d)
September
4.
The greatest influence on a high tide in a particular area depends on
a)
the position of the moon around earth
b)
the position of earth around the sun
c)
the rotation of the moon
d)
the rotation of earth
5.
what happens to water vapor in an air mass as it ascends?
a)
it freezes
b)
it condenses
c)
it vaporizes
d)
it polarizes
6.
Condensation can be best described as water vapor
a)
rising into the atmosphere, cooling and changing into liquid form
b)
rising into the atmosphere, warming and changing into gaseous form
c)
changing from a liquid for to a solid form
d)
changing from a gaseous state to a solid state
7.
Tides are influenced more by the moon than the sun because the moon is
a)
brighter than the sun
b)
larger than earth
c)
colder than Earth
d)
closer than the sun
8.
If most of the World's fresh water if found in glaciers and polar ice caps where would you expect to find the most fresh water?
a)
North Pole
b)
Africa
c)
Astralia
d)
Antarctica
9.
Storms transport water in the form of rain. What type of energy is needed to start this whole process?
a)
Sun
b)
Ocenas
c)
Earth
d)
Clouds
10.
What is the relationship between the ocean and atmosphere?
a)
The ocean can hold heat more efficiently than atmosphere
b)
ocean currents do not effect the atmosphere
c)
none
d)
ocean currents move the atmosphere
11.
How could we explain a hurricane?
a)
they occur on land
b)
they move along the equator
c)
Causes low pressure beneath warm air
d)
formulate little rain and high winds
12.
Difference in tornado and hurricane?
a)
tornadoes move slower than hurricanes
b)
hurricanes occur all year
c)
tornadoes form over land, hurricanes form over water
d)
none, they are the same process
13.
The land heats up during the day and rises, cool air from ocean sinks and replaces it forming a sea breeze, what happens during a land breeze (night time)?
a)
wind moves along the coastline
b)
air flows from the land to the ocean
c)
wind direction doesn't change
d)
no wind occurs
14.
What process does metamorphic and sedimentary rocks share?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
depostion
c)
compaction
d)
crystilization
15.
What are reasonable types of evidence to suggest environmental changes over time?
a)
scientists found marine fossils in freshwater lake
b)
a crab is living in the ocean
c)
oceans have beaches
d)
a stream flows from the mountain to the ocean
16.
How would you properly dispose of used paper to save the environment?
a)
Recycle for to reuse in the future
b)
burn the paper
c)
use it for storage purposes
d)
throw it in a dumpster
17.
If a scientist finds coral reefs on land, what do you expect them to hypothesis?
a)
The sea level changed over time
b)
coral can grow on land
c)
someone put it there
d)
not possible
18.
How does the heat from the core warm the surface of Earth?
a)
hot materials circulate from the core to the surface, cool and sink back down (convection)
b)
the surface gets its heat from sun only
c)
heat radiates from the core to surface
d)
molecules from the core form compounds of heat on land
19.
Which process causes sandstone to form?
a)
heat and pressure
b)
sand grains are cemented together over time
c)
weathering & erosion
d)
abrasion
20.
Why are fossil fuels nonrenewable resources?
a)
We have not found them all yet
b)
They take long periods of time to form
c)
fossil fuels are "not" nonrenewable
d)
They are too expensive to mine
21.
A group of billions of stars in the universe are called?
a)
galaxy
b)
solar system
c)
universe
d)
dwarf planets
22.
The theory that states that the universe originated for a single mass?
a)
Big Bang
b)
steady state
c)
hydroforming formation
d)
Incredible bulge
23.
Why do we have to use a "light-year" to measure the distance of space?
a)
because light is everywhere in space
b)
Because objects in space are so far apart
c)
We use astronomical measuring tapes, not light years
d)
So we can measure through black holes
24.
Which planet is closest to the sun, only one that doesn't have any moons, and takes 88 days to make it around the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Mars
c)
Uranus
d)
Venus
25.
Why does most of the evaporation that occurs on Earth happen over the oceans?
a)
saltwater evaporates better
b)
ocean water is hotter
c)
97% of the water on Earth is in the oceans
d)
This is a false statement
26.
Where do metamorphic rocks like diamond and marble occur?
a)
Deep Beneath the earth's surface where heat and pressure are the greatest
b)
on the ocean floor
c)
near valcones
d)
in the core
27.
Why does Earth's crust float on the mantle?
a)
It is less dense so it floats, the mantle is more dense so it sinks deeper
b)
because the mantle is so hot
c)
because mantle is liquid and crust is solid
d)
because crust is cooler
28.
By recycling paper products we:
a)
get cheaper paper
b)
save millions of trees from being cut
c)
create more pollution
d)
harm the environement
29.
Which of these is a renewable resource?
a)
coal
b)
gas
c)
oil
d)
solar
30.
Which is not a fact associated with the ocean
a)
we use this for freshwater
b)
97% of Earth's water is here
c)
provide most of water for the water cycle
d)
covers more than two-thirds of the Earth
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