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Stuff You Should Know - Gr 6 - Medium

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Named after the Greek goddess of the hunt, what NASA program plans to land first woman on the moon by 2024?

a)

Artemis

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Hera

d)

Athena

2.

If the sun is to my left, what direction am I facing?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

3.

If the sun is going down on my right, what direction am I facing?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

4.

On the northern hemisphere, moss tends to grow on the __ side of trees.

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

5.

"My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas" is a mnemonic device that helps remember

a)

the order of the planets from the sun.

b)

the order of the layers of the atmospheres

c)

the eight parts of speech.

d)

the chronological order of China's dynasties.

6.

"Typical, Super Mario’s Time Expired!" is a mnemonic device to help remember

a)

the layers of the atmosphere.

b)

the parts of a flower.

c)

the parts of a plant cell.

d)

the parts of an animal cell.

7.

HOMES is a mnemonic device to help remember "Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior" which are

a)

the 5 Great Lakes.

b)

the 5 main Native American tribes.

c)

the 5 first settlements in the New World.

d)

the 5 parts of the ear.

8.

"Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" is a mnemonic device to help me remember

a)

the order of operations.

b)

the Great Lakes

c)

the continents.

d)

the oceans.

9.

"FANBOYS" is a mnemonic device to help me remember

a)

the parts of speech.

b)

the coordinating conjunctions.

c)

the order of the planets.

d)

parts of a volcano.

10.

In 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson discovered

a)

penicillin.

b)

DNA.

c)

black holes.

d)

the Titanic.

11.

In 1923, Alexander Fleming discovered

a)

penicillin.

b)

DNA.

c)

the black hole.

d)

the North Pole.

12.

South Korean group, BTS is a septet. What is that?

a)

a new boy singing group

b)

singing group with no females

c)

a seven member group

d)

a big selling group

13.

What is the name of the atmosphere humans live in is the troposphere. How high up does it go?

a)

1 mile

b)

7 miles

c)

13 miles

d)

27 miles

14.

Which level of the atmosphere does weather occur?

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

e)

exosphere

15.

Which layer of the atmosphere is the the most heat? (Use root word knowledge to figure it out.)

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

e)

exosphere

16.

If cosmo means universe, what is cosmology?

a)

study of the universe

b)

living things of the universe

c)

minerals of the universe

d)

absence of the universe

17.

What is the prefix in the word dissatisfaction.

a)

dis

b)

satis

c)

fact

d)

ion

18.

What is the suffix in the word dissatisfaction.

a)

dis

b)

satis

c)

fact

d)

ion

19.

What 2 syllables of the word dissatisfaction comes from the Latin word, satisfacere which means to "do enough"?

a)

dis

b)

satis

c)

fac

d)

tion

20.

What is a nation?

a)

a state

b)

a country

c)

a continent

d)

a village

21.

Mexico & the USA have states. What do Canada and China have?

a)

provinces

b)

countries

c)

administrations

d)

precincts

22.

Why are the 4 planets (M-VEM: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) closest to the sun called the terrestrial planets?

a)

They are made of gases.

b)

They are made of liquid.

c)

They are made of soil.

d)

They are made of plants.

23.

What are the 4 outer planets (J-SUN: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) made up of?

a)

gases

b)

gases and liquids

c)

liquids

d)

soil and water

24.

A full moon appears every __ days.

a)

45

b)

19

c)

28

d)

30

25.

A waxing moon is

a)

getting larger.

b)

the darkest stage.

c)

the brightest stage.

d)

getting smaller.

26.

A waning moon

a)

is getting larger.

b)

is getting smaller.

c)

is at its brightest.

d)

is at its darkest.

27.

A crescent moon is either __ or __.

a)

a full moon.

b)

getting smaller.

c)

getting larger.

d)

a new moon.

28.

A boulder sitting on the edge of a cliff is an example of energy stored in an object due to its position. This is called

a)

potential energy.

b)

kinetic energy.

c)

dead energy.

d)

chemical energy.

29.

Gary took his little red cart and put it on a hill. Then he let it go. What kind of energy did he make?

a)

potential energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

electrical energy

30.

What is uranium?

a)

The splitting of atoms to make energy

b)

The combining of atoms to make energy

c)

Another name for atoms

d)

A NASA spacesuit

31.

What are the 2 main energy sources?

a)

potential and kinetic

b)

solar and wind

c)

chemical and nuclear

d)

water and coal

32.

What is the most polluting type of energy?

a)

fossil fuels

b)

geothermal

c)

nuclear

d)

solar

33.

We should go to __ picnic.

a)

their

b)

they're

c)

there

34.

A litter, herd, murder, flock, or school of animals are __ nouns.

a)

proper

b)

collective

c)

abstract

35.

FANBOYS stands for for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and since. These are __ that join words and phrases together.

a)

conjunctions

b)

prepositions

c)

interrogatives

d)

articles

36.

Which is correct?

a)

They're playing games.

b)

They're house is warm.

c)

There going to class.

d)

Their is a cat in a tree.

37.

Which figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things?

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

sensory

38.

Miss Mary mostly makes monkeys move mysteriously. What figurative language is this?

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopoeia

39.

I've told you a million times that old story. What type of figurative language is this?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

40.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

weird

b)

wierd

41.

She wishes for ... What is the name for the three dots at the end?

a)

ellipses

b)

parenthesis

c)

quotation marks

d)

full stop

42.

What is the noun in this sentence: I was wishing the boat would land soon.

a)

wishing

b)

boat

c)

land

d)

soon

43.

What is the verb in this sentence: She is very pretty.

a)

She

b)

is

c)

very

d)

pretty

44.

What is the adjective in this sentence: We had fun on the bouncy balls.

a)

We

b)

fun

c)

bouncy

d)

balls

45.

What is the adverb in this sentence: Grace had a really nice time at your party.

a)

Grace

b)

really

c)

nice

d)

time

46.

What is the preposition in this sentence: We'll wait for an hour.

a)

We'll

b)

wait

c)

for

d)

hour

47.

What is the pronoun in this sentence: Bob and Frank played their tennis set today.

a)

played

b)

their

c)

set

d)

today

48.

Which is correct?

a)

Who is going? (Answer: He)

b)

Whom is going? (Answer: Him)

49.

Which is correct?

a)

Who are you going with? (Answer: He)

b)

Whom are you going with? (Answer: Him)

50.

What is the adjective in this sentence: We bought those bikes.

a)

We

b)

bought

c)

those

d)

there is none