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Science 6th Grade

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A student conducts an investigation about the basic needs of a plant. She gives three plants different amounts of water and the same amount of soil and light. The student measures the growth of the plants. What is the manipulated variable in this investigation?

a)

the amount of soil

b)

the amount of light

c)

the amount of water

d)

the amount of growth

2.

What state of matter has no definite shape or volume and its molecules are spread far apart and active?

a)

Gas

b)

Plasma

c)

Liquid

d)

Solid

3.

Caleb picks up a rock that has been warmed by sunlight. What method of transferring heat energy makes Caleb’s hand feel warm?

a)

Conduction

b)

Subduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Convection

4.

Which of the following is the force of attraction between matter?

a)

Electricity

b)

Magnetism

c)

Gravity

d)

Momentum

5.

Scientists can find out what an animal may have eaten in the past by studying what evidence?

a)

Fossil's of the animal's bones

b)

Fossil's of the animal's tracks

c)

Fossils of the animal's droppings

d)

Fossils of the animal's burrows

6.

Which is an abiotic factor?

a)

Rock

b)

Bacteria

c)

Dog

d)

Sunflower

7.

Adam picked up a bottle of water from his fridge, it felt cold on his hand. What type of heat transfer was this?

a)

Convection

b)

Conduction

c)

Radiation

d)

Weathering

8.

Lamar was running down a hill. What type of energy was this?

a)

Light Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Potential Energy

d)

Child Energy

9.

Is a dead tree biotic?

a)

Yes it is biotic

b)

No it isn't biotic

c)

Weathering

d)

Sedimentary

10.

Is paper biotic?

a)

Who Cares

b)

Yes

c)

Probably Not

d)

No

11.

What makes a plant grow?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Evolution

c)

Water

d)

People

12.

Two tectonic plates collided. What caused this?

a)

Divergent Boundary

b)

Subduction

c)

Transform Boundary

d)

Convergent Boundary

e)

Godzilla

13.

What is the largest layer of the earth

a)

Inner Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Outer Core

14.

How do stars form?

a)

Nebula

b)

Supernova

c)

Black Whole

d)

They Just Do

15.
What minerals are in this rock
a)
quartz,hornblende,mica, and feldspar
b)
quartzite,hornblend,mica, and feldspar
c)
Feldspar and quartz
d)
horneblend and mica
16.
what type of matter is this
a)
Plasma
b)
Gas
c)
Solid
d)
Liquid
17.
what mineral is this
a)
Amethyst
b)
Quartz
18.
This Mineral is feldspar
a)
True
b)
False
19.
what type of matter is this
a)
Plasma
b)
Gas
c)
Solid
d)
Liquid
20.
What type of matter are rocks
Read The Question Carefully
a)
Liquid
b)
Solid
c)
Plasma
d)
Gas