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6th grade science review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water

a)

precipitation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

2.

Water released from clouds falls to the earth in all these forms except..

a)

rain

b)

run off

c)

snow

3.

What moves water into places where it collects like ponds, and rivers?

a)

wind

b)

gravity

c)

air

4.

Plants return groundwater to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration

a)

transpiration

b)

precipitaion

c)

convection

5.

Examples of heat using ______ are a campfires heat or a microwave heating food

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

6.

Conduction is heat moving through a _________?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

7.

heat moves through liquids or gases by..

a)

conduction

b)

radiation

c)

convection

8.

what is the main organ of the circulatory system?

a)

the muscles

b)

the liver

c)

the heart

9.

the ______ system is a group of organs whose primary function is support.

a)

digestive

b)

excretory

c)

skeletal

10.

A ____ is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring

a)

allele

b)

trait

c)

heredity

11.

_________ was an Austrian monk who is considered the "father of genetics"

a)

Sherman Powell

b)

Gregor Mandel

c)

Christoper hung

12.

Genetics is the study of ?

a)

heredity

b)

life

c)

atoms

13.

What is the form of a trait that an organism displays?

a)

genotype

b)

traits

c)

phenotype

14.

_______-the alleles of a gene an organism contains

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

DNA

15.

What is the freezing point of water on the Celsius scale?

a)

0oC

b)

60oC

c)

120oC

16.

It would be best to measure the length of an earthworm in?

a)

inches

b)

yards

c)

centimeters

17.

Biology is the study of?

a)

earth

b)

matter

c)

life

18.

what are some components of the scientific method?

a)

creating hypothesis

b)

studying

c)

asking questions

d)

testing hypothesis

19.

It is important to include units when making measurements because:

a)

units help you know what you are measuring, and unit help you measure stuff. with out units, it is impossible to tell what you are measuring

b)

Units provide info about the type of measurement, units help describe the size of the quantity being measure, without units, it is impossible to tell the quantity being measured

20.

Being able to _______ or make more of the same kind of organism is a characteristic of living things

a)

grow

b)

develop

c)

reproduce

21.

In order to classify something as a living thing it must be able to :

a)

breathe

b)

grow and reproduce

c)

eat and make stool

22.

a _______ is the smallest unit of a living thing.

a)

cell

b)

atom

c)

matter

23.

When the body fights off an infection. its normal temp. may increase. When this happens we know a disruption in ______ has occurred

a)

homeostasis

b)

brain

c)

stomach

24.

What does the cell wall do? were is it located?

a)

it makes chromosomes

b)

It is around the cell membrane

c)

it is around the nucleus

d)

it provides extra support to a plant

25.

if you were to compare your school to a cell, the nucleus would be..

a)

the gym

b)

principals office

c)

classroom