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20/21 Are you as smart as a 6th grader?

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What body part was removed first in the mummification process?

a)

stomach

b)

brain

c)

heart

d)

liver

2.

After being out in the sun for a bit you end up with a sunburn, what type of heat transfer is this?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

3.

Which belief system uses the Eightfold path?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

4.

What is the name for rain when it is caused by two clouds colliding?

a)

colliding rain

b)

frontal rain

c)

orographic rain

5.

Who ruled solely by the belief of an “eye for an eye?”

a)

Shi Huang Di

b)

Asoka

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Chandragupta

6.

The higher you travel in the troposphere, the warmer the temperature gets.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the meaning of the prefix, graph?

a)

medical

b)

teach

c)

write

8.

What is the type of allele that is two lowercase letters (example:”aa”)?

a)

recessive trait

b)

dominate trait

c)

chromosome

9.

What breaks down food and where does it take place?

a)

Insulin, lower digestive system

b)

White blood cells, Upper digestive system

c)

Ribosomes, Circular systems

10.

Which of the following is NOT part of Hammurabi’s Code?

a)

If anyone steal the minor son of another, he shall be put to death

b)

If anyone is committing a robbery and caught, he shall be put to death

c)

If anyone steal another's crops or animals they shall be buried alive

11.

What is 43% of 80 ( rounded to the nearest tenth)

a)

32.6

b)

34.4

c)

33.7

12.

Match the relationship of the analogy: smart : Intelligent

a)

poor: rich

b)

dirty: filthy

13.

What fraction of all the words we speak is of Greek origin?

a)

2 out of 5

b)

1 out of 2

c)

1 out of 8

14.

Which Idiom means to be in debt.

a)

Gild the lily

b)

Don’t cry over spilled milk

c)

In the red

d)

Below the belt

15.

What was Hammurabi known for?

a)

King of the Babylonians

b)

Wrote the first set of written laws

c)

created the world's first Army

16.

What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?

The sun smiled as it peeked over the mountain top.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

17.

What is a vertex?

a)

The point where angles and line segments meet

b)

A flat surface that extends infinitely in all directions

c)

The open representation of a three-dimensional object

18.
Find the area of this triangle.
a)
5 sq. cm
b)
10 sq. cm
c)
20 sq. cm
19.
Simplify the expression. 
7(10 + x - 5)
a)
70 + 7x - 35
b)
70 + x - 5
c)
105 + 7x
d)
35 + 7x
20.

The brain and spinal cord are organs of the

a)

Nervous system

b)

Skeletal system

c)

Muscular system

d)

Circulatory system

21.

When water vapor cools and turns back into a liquid it is called . . .

a)

Condensation

b)

Crystallization

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

22.

The majority of the thermal energy at Earth's surface is stored in

a)

Oceans

b)

Mountains

c)

Deserts

d)

Air

23.

What is the prime factorization of 1428?

a)

714 x 2714\ \ x\ \ 2

b)

22 x 3 x 7 x 172^2\ x\ 3\ x\ 7\ x\ 17

c)

3,17,2,73,17,2,7

24.
Rewrite the expression by combining like terms.
8y2 + 7xy – 2y2  - 5xy + 2x
a)
3x2 + 3xy + 6y
b)
6y2 + 2xy + 2x
c)
7x2 + 35x
d)
3x2 + 6xy + y
25.
Find the area of this triangle.
a)

35 sq. units

b)

30 sq. units

c)

42 sq. units

26.
Simplify the expression. 
7(10 + x - 5)
a)
70 + 7x - 35
b)
70 + x - 5
c)
105 + 7x
d)
35 + 7x
27.
What is an independent variable?
a)
A variable whose value depends on that of another
b)
A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another
c)
An unknown number
d)
All of the above
28.

Between which 2 rivers was ancient China located?

a)

Amur River

b)

Yangtze River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Mekong River

29.

What were houses in ancient India made out of?

a)

stone

b)

mud

c)

wood

d)

animal skins

30.

Who was the first ruler of China?

a)

ShiHuang di

b)

Lei zu

c)

Chang do

d)

T'ang

31.

Which part of Mesopotamia was Assyria in?

a)

eastern

b)

western

c)

northern

d)

southern

32.

Is radiant energy classified as kinetic or potential energy?

a)

kinetic

b)

potential

c)

both potential and kinetic

d)

neither potential or kinetic

33.

Which of the following is in a plant cell but not an animal cell?

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Mitochondria

c)

Nucleus

d)

Cell Wall

34.
Write 13/20 as a percent
a)
13%
b)
20%
c)
65%
d)
26%
35.
Is the following question statistical or non-statistical?
You ask all 6th graders in your school, "How many hours of television did you watch this week?"
a)
Statistical question
b)
Non-Statistical question
36.
Plants and animal cells are examples of ___ cells 
a)
prokaryotic cells 
b)
eukaryotic cells 
37.
Which is an example of an ABIOTIC factor?
a)
hummingbird
b)
water
c)
dead tree branch
d)
skunk
38.
Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, and scavengers are all examples of __________.
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
d)
abiotic factors
39.
12 is what percent of 30?
a)
60%
b)
40%
c)
250%
40.

Simplify the expression.

3x² + 5 + 4x³ − x² + 2x³ + 9 (Eric)

a)

16x² + 6x³

b)

9x + 14 + x³

c)

7x² + 2x +9

d)

6x³ + 2x² + 14

41.

Which essay uses research to defend one side of an argument?

a)

DBQ

b)

Literary Analysis

c)

Narrative

d)

Persuasive

42.

What will help the ideas in your essay flow?

a)

Transition words

b)

Showing, not telling

c)

An interesting introduction

d)

A broad final sentence

43.

What size font should be used when typing all essays?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

44.

Which word is a verb in the present tense?

a)

took

b)

tall

c)

talk

d)

time

45.
Which word is a noun?
a)
jump
b)
purple
c)
away
d)
pencil
46.
Which is the correct sentence?
a)
i went to Disney World with my family.
b)
I went to Disney World with my Family.
c)
I went to Disney World with my family.
47.

"Quick as a bunny" is an example of

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Idiom

48.

The drive to Disney World will last until the end of time if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my annoying little sister. 

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

49.
What is simile?
a)
the dictionary definition of a word
b)
comparison between two different things using like or as
c)
use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
d)
a comparison that is not directly stated, but the two things being compared are understood
50.
An adjective...
a)
describes a verb
b)
describes a noun
c)
describes a preposition
d)
describes an action
51.

Identify the sentence type for which the following sentence is an example:

"If you see Aslan, be sure to bow before Him."

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

c)

Interrogative

d)

Exclamatory

52.

Identify the sentence type for which the following sentence is an example:

"Oh look! There He is!"

a)

Declarative

b)

Imperative

c)

Interrogative

d)

Exclamatory

53.

Where would you draw a line between the complete subject and complete predicate in this sentence?


"Lucy walked into the Wardrobe and entered Narnia."

a)

Between Lucy and walked

b)

Between walked and into

c)

Between and and entered

d)

Between Wardrobe and and.

54.

What is the COMPOUND subject in the following sentence:


"Edmund and Peter fought the battle with swords."

a)

Peter fought

b)

With swords

c)

The battle with swords

d)

Edmund and Peter

55.

Is the following sentence simple, complex, or compound?


"I sang the worship song in chapel."

a)

Simple

b)

Complex

c)

Compound