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Worksheets6th Grade Quarantine Quiz-2nd Edition
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
What is a cycle?
A never ending process
Something that has a beginning and an end
Something that has a beginning but no end
Something that has an end but no beginning
In the water cycle, what causes evaporation?
The land heats the water
The water cools off
The sun heats the water
The Earth heats the water
What is the biosphere?
All the water on Earth.
All the gases in the atmosphere.
All the living things in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
All the rocks and land on Earth.
What are the layers of the atmosphere from the Earth outward?
Stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, troposphere, mesosphere
Thermosphere, stratosphere, exosphere, mesosphere, troposphere
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
Mesosphere, exosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, stratosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere protects us from meteors?
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Ozone Layer
Exosphere
What processes create sedimentary rock?
Heat and pressure
Weathering/erosion/compaction/cementation
Melting and cooling of lava/magma
Sediment
What processes create metamorphic rock?
Heat and pressure
Weathering and erosion
Compaction and cementation
Melting/cooling of lava/magma
What processes create igneous rock?
Heat and pressure
weathering and erosion
compaction and cementation
Melting/cooling of lava/magma
What does the Theory of Plate Tectonics/Continental Drift explain?
All of the continents were once connected in a giant land mass called Pangea and they drifted to their present day locations.
Only the strong survive
How rocks are created and change form from one type to another
How water cycles from the land to the atmosphere and back around again.
What type of rock would we most likely find fossils?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
We wouldn't find fossils in rocks
To find the value of q in the equation
q−6=11
what operation would you do to both sides of the equation?
Minus 6
Plus 6
Minus 11
Plus 11
What mistake was made in trying to solve the equation?
x + 7 = 8
−7 = −7
x = 15
Should have added 7 to both sides
Added 7 to 8 but should have subtracted.
Should not have stayed up until 3 in the morning.
Should have multiplied both sides by 7.
In which of these equations does x NOT equal 3?
Choose one answer
x+11=14
x−6=3
x+97=100
I shouldn't have stayed up until x
What are TWO important things to remember when solving one-step equations?
We want to get the variable alone on one side of the equal sign.
The variable should always be on the left of the equal sign.
The equal sign is like a balance: whatever you do to one side of the equal sign, you do the opposite on the other side.
The equal sign is like a balance; whatever you do one one side of the equal sign, you do the same to the other side.
32−k=15
Solve for k. (Hint: This is one of the TRICKY ones! It actually has 2 steps rather than 1 step.)
(a)
What is the opposite of the opposite of -5?
5
0
-5
-0
What number is represented by the letter d?
5 21
4 21
−5 21
−4 21
Which expression correctly represents: "The sum of five and the square of seven?"
5+7
5+72
52+72
2(5+7)
Which of these ratios is NOT equivalent to 5:6
500:600
10:12
24:20
25:30
The movie star’s large and beautiful home was palatial.
ugly
tiny
a dog house
like a palace
As the author of the Harry Potter Series, JK Rowlings is a prominent writer in the field of children's literature.
knowledgeable
lucky
well-known
1. What is the value of the expression below when t=8?
7t – 13
56
65
-13
43
Slavery was abolished in the U.S. after the Civil War.
running
outlawed
exchanged
common
Natalie needs no new nail polish.
metaphor
alliteration
idiom
similie
When I fell off the trampoline, I fractured my arm and wore a cast.
rested
broke
avoided
looked at
The class decided to exhibit the science project during Parents’ Night.
lose
trade
show
eat
I haven't eaten anything in four hours! I'm literally about to die from starvation!
idiom
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
metaphor
Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers
popular
careful
outdated
round
The water is as clear as glass.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
hyperbole
After the rainstorm, the rainbow lit up the sky with vivid colors.
dark
funny
bright
normal
Identify the ways the environment negatively affects human lives (PICK 2)
Natural disasters
Malaria
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
The area around what physical feature has the highest population density?
The Sahara Desert
The Nile River
The Atlantic Ocean
The Indian Ocean
Which of the following is not true?
The population in the Sahara Desert is sparse because there is a lot of arable land
The population in the Sahara Desert is sparse because of water scarcity
The population in the Sahara Desert is sparse because the climate is arid
The population is most dense in sub-Saharan Africa
The effects of global warming in Antarctica include all of the following EXCEPT:
Breaking ice shelves
Loss of habitat
Rising sea levels
Arable land
Which term best describes the problem the town is having?
Greenhouse effect
Water pollution
Deforestation
Drought
What would work best to solve the town's problem?
Building desalination plants
Promote tourism in the town
Reduce the amount of irrigation
Buy more non-renewable fuels
Which factor is the biggest CAUSE of the changes described in the passage?
Bush fires
Coral bleaching
Carbon emissions
Acid rain
Causes of acid rain include:
Burning coal and fossil fuels
Slow movement of glaciers
Shortage of oil and gas supply
Factories overusing rivers
The PROCESS of arable land becoming arid is known as
Deforestation
Desertification
Desalination
Drought
Which term best describes the problem the town is having?
Greenhouse effect
Water pollution
Deforestation
Drought
One NEGATIVE effect of hydro powered dams might be:
It can damage the river environment
It may be used for irrigation
It can reduce the cost of fuel
It does not produce carbon dioxide
