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6th Grade MAP Review

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

a)

the Sun

b)

the Earth

c)

water

d)

the Moon

2.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
3.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
4.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
5.
Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.
a)
cools
b)
heats up
c)
freezes
d)
lights up
6.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
7.
Where is most water found on Earth?
a)
glaciers
b)
lakes
c)
rivers
d)
oceans
8.
How much of our planet's water is saltwater?
a)
75%
b)
1%
c)
99%
d)
97%
9.
Rain soaks into the ground
a)
Infiltration
b)
Condensation
c)
Throughflow
d)
Surface runoff
10.

What force causes the downward movement of water in the water cycle?

a)

thermal energy

b)

air resistance

c)

gravity

d)

friction

11.

What is number 3 in the diagram?

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

surface runoff

d)

condensation

12.

What is number 1 in the diagram?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

runoff

d)

precipitation

13.

What process is happening in number 6?

a)

transpiration

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

accumulation

14.

What is rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean?

a)

run-off

b)

transpiration

c)

precipitation

d)

evaporation

15.
Precipitation occurs because 
a)
the droplets evaporate in the air
b)
the droplets are too light for the air to hold
c)

gravity bring the droplets down towards earth

16.
Which BEST describes how the total amount of water present in the hydrosphere varies over time?
a)
The total amount of water in the hydrosphere decreases over time due to the process of evaporation.
b)
The total amount of water in the hydrosphere remains the same over time, but changes form due to the water cycle.
c)
The total amount of water in the hydrosphere increases over time due to the process of precipitation.
d)
The total amount of water in the hydrosphere both decreases and increases over time due to competing processes such as evaporation and precipitation.
17.

The diagram shows the distribution of water on the Earth. Based on the diagram, which is true?

a)

Most of Earth's water is fresh water.

b)

Most of Earth's fresh water is contained in glaciers and ground water.

c)

Most of Earth's water is contained in glaciers.

d)

Most of Earth's fresh water is contained in the oceans.

18.

The graphic shows that only 3% of the Earth's water is fresh water. The graphic also shows that of this 3%, almost all of it is contained in two reservoirs. What are the two reservoirs that contain almost all of Earth's fresh water?

a)

glaciers and groundwater

b)

streams and estuaries

c)

marshes and swamps

d)

lakes and rivers

19.

The diagram shows the distribution of water on the Earth. Which source is the most abundant supply of liquid surface water that is not salty?

a)

groundwater

b)

oceans

c)

lakes

d)

rivers

20.
Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?
a)
3% freshwater, 97% salt water
b)
97% freshwater, 3% salt water
c)
71% freshwater, 29% salt water
d)
29% freshwater, 71% salt water
21.

This image is an example of what state of matter

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

22.
At higher temperatures
a)
particles in an object have less energy
b)
particles in an object move faster
c)
a gas contracts
23.
A gas
a)
has a definite shape but no definite volume
b)
has a definite volume but no definite shape
c)
has fast-moving particles
24.
What is the correct order of the states of matter?
a)
Solid, Liquid, Gas
b)
Gas, Liquid, Solid
c)
Liquid, Gas, Solid
d)
Solid, Gas, Liquid
25.
What state of matter does this picture show?
a)
Liquid
b)
Gas
c)
Solid
d)
Matter
26.
What does this picture represent? 
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
27.

What state of matter is pictured?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

28.

What state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

29.

What state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma!!!

30.

Transition from a liquid to a gas

a)

Condensation

b)

Freezing

c)

Evaporation

d)

Melting

31.

Gas condenses to a liquid

a)

Evaporation

b)

Melting

c)

Freezing

d)

Condensation

32.

Solid --> Liquid

a)

Boiling

b)

Melting

c)

Freezing

d)

Sublimation

33.

Liquid --> Solid

a)

Boiling

b)

Melting

c)

Freezing

d)

Sublimation

34.

What animal feeds on grasses?

a)

Bee

b)

Caterpillar

c)

Mouse

d)

Snake

35.

What animal eats berries and seeds?

a)

Caterpillar

b)

Blue Lizard

c)

Snake

d)

Bobcat

36.

What animal eats rabbits?

a)

Blue Lizard

b)

Bee

c)

Mouse

d)

Bobcat

37.

What animal eats the caterpillar?

a)

Mouse

b)

Snake

c)

Bobcat

d)

Grasses

38.

What animal does the bobcat eat?

a)

Bee

b)

Berries and seeds

c)

Rabbit

d)

Grasses

39.

Who is a predator of bees?

a)

Blue Lizard

b)

Caterpillar

c)

Rabbit

d)

Mouse

40.

What is prey of the snake?

a)

Bee

b)

Mouse

c)

Grass

d)

Berries and Seeds

41.

Which of the following is a primary consumer?

a)

Snake

b)

Bobcat

c)

Rabbit

d)

Grasses

42.

Which animal consumes the rabbit and mouse?

a)

Blue Lizard

b)

Snake

c)

Bobcat

d)

Bee

43.

Which of the following is a producer?

a)

Bee

b)

Mouse

c)

Bobcat

d)

Berries and seeds

44.

What type of diagram is this?

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Map

c)

Food Web

d)

Fast Food

45.
What does the arrow mean in a food chain or food web?
a)
An organism comes next
b)

Energy transfer; where the energy is goin

c)
Go left
d)
Go right
46.

Identify the producer in the image above.

a)

Grass

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Frog

d)

Snake

e)

Eagle

47.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
48.
An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
49.
In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?
a)
The snakes will increase.
b)
The grasshoppers will decrease.
c)
The eagles will remain the same.
d)
The grasshoppers will increase.
50.

Arrows in a food web represent...

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

matter

51.
What is a decomposer?
a)
Organism that makes its own energy
b)
Organism that breaks down dead organisms
c)
Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy
52.

Then match the organisms with the interaction you predict they will have in the ecosystem.

Hint: Plants are NOT considered prey because they are not hunted!


Lion & Deer.

a)

predator-prey

b)

competition

c)

both predator-prey & competition

d)

neither predator-prey nor competition

53.

Then match the organisms with the interaction you predict they will have in the ecosystem.

Hint: Plants are NOT considered prey because they are not hunted!


Baboon & Deer both eat the Apples from the Tree.

a)

predator-prey

b)

competition

c)

both predator-prey & competition

d)

neither predator-prey nor competition

54.

Predator population lags behind prey population because:

a)

Increase in predators leads to decrease in prey

b)

Increase in predators leads to increase in prey

c)

Increase in predators leads to decrease in producers

55.

The place where two plates come together is known as a _______

a)

transform boundary.

b)

divergent boundary.

c)

convergent boundary.

d)

rift valley.

56.

Below is a picture of sea-floor spreading. How are the ocean crusts moving?

a)

Converging

b)

Diverging

c)

Sliding

d)

No movement

57.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
58.

Which correctly identifies the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest)?

a)

Two continental plates converging

b)

An earthquake in a subduction zone

c)

A tectonic plate moving over a hot plate

d)

Movement at a transform fault boundary

59.

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Reform

d)

Transform

60.

What evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?

a)

Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

b)

glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature

c)

mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents

d)

all of the above

61.

According to the continental drift hypothesis, the presence of similar fossils in South America and Africa supports which scientific idea?

a)

Animals easily and frequently travel from Africa to South America.

b)

Species of animals probably traveled between continents on natural rafts (such as trees destroyed in tsunamis).

c)

Land bridges once existed that connected the continents.

d)

South America and Africa were once connected together.

62.

The image is an example of what type of evidence?

a)

Evidence of matching fossils

b)

Evidence of climate change

c)

Evidence of matching earth features

63.

This image is an example of what type of evidence?

a)

Evidence of matching earth features

b)

Evidence of climate change

c)

Evidence of matching fossils

64.
This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
65.
This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
66.
The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called
a)
erosion
b)
weathering
c)
sediments
67.
Wind and water have eroded this rock to show the layers of sediment that were laid down millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
68.

According to the diagram, what process is shown by letter B?

a)

compaction & cementation

b)

weather & erosion

c)

heat & pressure

d)

melting

69.
After lots of time, pressure, and heat, you get this kind of rock. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
70.
This rock was formed by lots of fossils that settled on top of each other over time. What type of rock is this?
a)
Sedimentary
b)
Igneous
c)
Metamorphic
71.
When particles are eroded and moved, they are eventually laid down in a process called: 
a)
deposition
b)
weathering
c)
supposition
d)
refraction
72.

Which process is best illustrated by the diagram?

a)

igneous rock formation

b)

sedimentary rock formation

c)

igneous rocks changing into metamorphic rocks

d)

sedimentary rocks changing into metamorphic rocks

73.

What geological process best explains how the Grand Canyon formed?

a)

An earthquake

b)

River erosion

c)

A tsunami

d)

A volcanic eruption

74.

Water carrying sediment down a hill is an example of...

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

75.

What is erosion?

a)

The movement of rocks

b)

The breaking of rocks

c)

The dropping of rocks

76.

Which of these is an example of erosion?

a)

Light shinning onto a mountain

b)

Rain breaking down rock

c)

Wind blowing away sediment

d)

All of the above

77.
The process by which small pieces of rocks and soil are carried away to new locations is called...
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
faults
78.
The diagrams  shows a natural process that weathers rock.
 Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?
a)
frozen water acts as a solute
b)
water expands when it freezes
c)
the mass of water increases when it freezes
d)
frozen water dissolves most types of rock
79.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
d)
Plants don't weather rocks

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