Worksheets6th Grade SOL Practice - 2005
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 36mins
Venus, the moon, Mars, and the sun are all visible in our sky. All but one of these reflect light from another source. Which of the following produces its own light?
Sun
Moon
Venus
Mars
According to the graph, which air pollutant decreased the most from 1970 to 1991?
Carbon Monoxide
Sulfur Oxide
Particulates
Lead
Which of the following could best be used to demonstrate energy being transformed from electricity to heat?
A magnifying glass
Toaster
Gas oven
Triple Beam Balance
Which process is a physical change?
Rusting iron
Tarnishing silver
Melting ice
Burning coal
Water stored behind a dam is an example of what type of energy?
Kinetic
Potential
Chemical
Solar
Fossil fuels such as gas, oil, and coal have what kind of energy?
Mechanical energy
Chemical energy
Electrical energy
Nuclear energy
After fishing in the ocean, a student left his fishing gear in the sun to dry. Later, he noticed that small white crystals had formed on the rod, reel, and fishing line. Which of these is the best explanation of what occurred?
The water evaporated from the fishing gear, and sand was attracted to it.
The fish that were caught left scales on the fishing gear.
The salt in the ocean water reacted with the fishing gear and caused it to rust.
The water evaporated from the fishing gear, and salt from the ocean was left behind.
What type of energy does the windmill use to do work?
Mechanical
Nuclear
Chemical
Electrical
Because zinc can combine with other substances but cannot be changed into a simpler substance by an ordinary chemical process, zinc is classified as —
Compound
Element
Mixture
Acid
Astronomers view objects in space through scientific instruments known as —
Microscopes
Telescope
Barometer
Hygrometer
In the chemical formula for ammonia, NH3, what does the subscript 3 represent?
The number of nitrogen and hydrogen atoms in each molecule of ammonia
The number of hydrogen atoms in each molecule of ammonia
The number of ammonia molecules that will bond together
The number of nitrogen atoms in each molecule of ammonia
Which of these is a result of burning fossil fuels?
Acid rain
Clean water
Hydroelectric energy
Solar energy
Which of the following causes the Sun to appear to set?
The revolution of the Sun
The rotation of the Earth
The revolution of the Earth
The rotation of the Sun
Which instrument would most accurately and precisely determine the mass of a toy car?
An electronic light meter
A spring scale
A triple-beam balance
A graduated cylinder
The diagram above shows a block from the periodic table. The number six represents the
atomic mass of the element carbon
atomic number of the element carbon
number of neutrons in the element carbon
number of valence electrons in the element carbon
A mixture of iron filings and sulfur can easily be separated by...
Placing the mixture in water
Performing a chemical reaction
Heating the mixture
Using a magnet
A burning candle is in the process of transforming...
heat energy into chemical energy
chemical energy into light and heat
chemical energy into mechanical energy
chemical energy into nuclear energy
Of the states of matter, gas is the only state that
Is fluid
Has mass
Highly compressible
Has a definite shape
