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Worksheets6th Science - End of Year Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
A process used by scientists to solve problems...
experimentation
Scientific Method
Dividing numbers
Mixing chemicals
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Problem/question
Analyze the results
Experiment
Formulate a hypothesis
What part of the scientific method is usually written in the "If...then" format?
Problem
Question
Hypothesis
Data
Which word means the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another?
autumnal equinox
equinox
umbra
eclipse
The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space is _____
astronomer
axis
astronomy
biology
The earth _____ around the sun which causes our year.
rotates
runs
revolves
migrates
What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth north to south?
pole
stick
axis
orbit
What are the different shapes of the moon you see from Earth?
orbits
patterns
phases
seasons
The moon's gravitational pull on Earth's oceans causes these.
tides
day and night
phases
storms
What object is at the center of our solar system?
Earth
the Sun
Jupiter
asteroids
What force keeps the planets in motion?
inertia
rotation
gravity
orbit
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Earth
Saturn
Jupiter
Neptune
What lies between Mars and Jupiter?
Kuiper Belt
Comet Belt
Asteroid Belt
Saturn
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Mars
A _____ can be described as any push or pull.
force
friction
tide
mass
The strength of a gravitational force between two objects depends on
Mass and distance
size and shape
mass and volume
distance and volume
The amount of matter in an object is called its _____
gravity
force
mass
friction
If someone hears an echo of their own voice, what is the most likely reason?
The walls transmit sound waves.
The walls produce sound waves.
The walls reflect sound waves.
The walls absorb sound waves.
Nancy leaves a loud room full of hammering. The hammering doesn't sound as loud in the next room. Why not?
The wall increases the frequency of the sound waves.
The wall absorbs some of the sound waves.
The wall reflects all the sound waves.
The wall increases the amplitude of the sound waves.
A group of students inside a building can hear a truck, but can't see it. Why not?
Sound can be transmitted faster than visible light.
Visible light can be transmitted through all materials but sound cannot.
Sound can be transmitted slower than visible light.
Sound can be transmitted through the walls, but visible light cannot.
What is energy of motion?
potential energy
stored mechanical energy
nuclear energy
kinetic energy
How does energy flow in an ecosystem?
Energy flows from the Sun to both producers and consumers.
Energy flows from producers to the Sun and to consumers.
Energy flows from the sun through producers to consumers.
Energy flows from consumers toward producers and the Sun.
The soil on a plain erodes and grass starts to die. Grazing animals that live there would...
become predators.
become carnivores.
increase in number.
decrease in number.
Living parts of an environment are known as _____.
biotic
photosynthetic
asexual
abiotic
Snakes hunt and kill small rodents as a food source. This is an example of _____.
mutualism
predation
commensalism
neutralism
A tapeworm feeds off a digestive tract of another organism and ultimately harms that organism.
The tapeworm is the predator and the organism is the prey.
The tapeworm is the parasite and organism is the host.
The tapeworm is the prey and the organism is the producer.
The tapeworm is the prey and the organism is the parasite.
Nonliving parts of an environment are known as _____.
biotic
photosynthetic
organic
abiotic
An organism that is brought in from another place and in non-native.
invasive species
native species
cooperative species
premeditated species
Which of these are input devices on a computer? (select all correct answers)
keyboard
speaker
mouse
microphone
What is code for computers?
robots
the program written giving the computer commands
computer games
a virus a computer gets
