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Worksheets6th Grade SRO FLVS Science Quiz
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
What does science study?
Personal opinions and beliefs
Things that are not real
The natural world using observation and investigation
Art and history methods
What is non-science different from science?
It only uses experiments
It tries to answer questions science cannot
It only uses observation
It studies the natural world
What are two ways scientists find answers?
Drawing and writing
Asking questions and reading books
Investigations and experiments
Watching videos and listening to songs
What is an investigation in science like?
A test with controlled factors
Trying to solve a mystery by asking questions or looking at nature
Creating a special situation to test ideas
Controlling everything to test one idea
What are experiments in science like?
Solving a mystery by reading books
Looking carefully at what's happening in nature
Tests where scientists create special situations to test ideas
Gathering lots of evidence
What do scientists always rely on, whether doing investigations or experiments?
Opinions
Beliefs
Evidence
Imagination
What is evidence in science?
Ideas scientists think
Clues that help scientists prove their ideas
Things they read in books or articles
Special situations they create
What is a benefit of an investigation?
It can only test one factor at a time
It's a great way to figure out cause and effect
It's guided by a question and helps draw conclusions from natural world observations
It is very structured
What is a benefit of an experiment?
It is not very structured
It is a great way to draw conclusions from observations
It can test many factors at once
It is a great way to figure out cause and effect by testing one factor
What can be formed when many scientists share ideas and combine data?
A scientific law
A scientific observation
A scientific theory
A scientific experiment
What is a scientific theory?
A single idea that changes the world
A set of ideas accepted by the scientific community that explains why things happen
A statement based on personal opinion
A rule that describes how nature acts under certain conditions
According to the timeline for plate tectonics, why was Alfred Wegener's claim rejected at first?
Scientists agreed the Earth's surface was rigid
He didn't have enough data
Arthur Holmes suggested a different idea
New technology wasn't available yet
According to the timeline, what was key to Alfred Wegener's idea becoming the theory of plate tectonics?
Scientists meeting in 1966
Evidence supporting his claim
Arthur Holmes' suggestion
The Earth's surface being rigid
What is the next step of the scientific method after asking a question?
Make a prediction
Do background research
Test with an experiment
Analyze data
Why do scientists do background research before an investigation?
To find out what personal opinions exist
To look at what other scientists have already found out
To decide which color is better
To test their hypothesis
What type of question can scientists test and find an answer to using science?
A question that depends on personal opinion
A question like 'Which color is better, red or blue?'
A question about something they can test and find a reliable answer to
Any question they can think of
What is the next step of the scientific method after doing background research?
Test with an experiment
Ask a question
Make a prediction or hypothesis
Analyze data
What is a hypothesis?
A question asked during an investigation
A statement of what you think will happen in your experiment
Evidence gathered during a test
Background research from other scientists
What format does a good hypothesis follow?
'This is better than that.'
'I wonder what will happen?'
'This happens because of that.'
'If I change this, then this will happen.'
Which statement is an example of a good hypothesis according to the source?
Plants need fertilizer to grow.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
If I increase the amount of fertilizer, then my grass plant will grow taller.
If I eat breakfast in the morning, I will feel happy.
What is the next step of the scientific method after making a hypothesis?
Analyze data
Test with an experiment
Do background research
Make a conclusion
In a good experiment, how many variables should be tested at a time?
Many variables
Zero variables
Two variables
One variable
What is the test (independent) variable in an experiment?
What is being measured
The effect
What the scientist changes
Factors kept the same
What is the outcome (dependent) variable in an experiment?
What the scientist changes
The cause
What is being measured
Factors kept the same
What are controlled variables in an experiment?
Factors that are changed by the scientist
What is being measured
Any factors that are kept the same
The prediction being tested
What does it mean for an experiment to be reliable?
It uses many variables
You can trust the results you get
It is done only once
Only one scientist does it
What is one way to make an experiment reliable by repeating it many times?
Replication
Investigation
Hypothesis
Repetition
What is it called when other scientists do the same experiment to see if they get the same results?
Repetition
Reliability
Replication
Investigation
What percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water?
Around 50%
Around 71%
Around 29%
Around 100%
What is a cycle in nature?
Water staying in one place
A series of events that repeat, like water moving to the same places
Earth changing its shape
Scientists studying a topic
What is the water cycle?
A process that moves water from the land to only the oceans
A process where water stays still on Earth
A process that continually moves water from the ground to the atmosphere and back again
A change from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
Water changing from a liquid to a gas
Plants releasing water into the air
Water changing from a gas to a liquid
A form of water falling to Earth's surface
What is evaporation?
Water changing from a liquid to a gas
Water changing from a gas to a liquid
Water falling to Earth's surface
Plants releasing water into the air
What is precipitation?
Water changing from a gas to a liquid
Plants releasing water into the air
Water changing from a liquid to a gas
A form of water that falls to Earth's surface, like rain or snow
What is transpiration?
Water changing from a gas to a liquid
Plants releasing water into the air from their leaves
Water falling to Earth's surface
Water changing from a liquid to a gas
How do scientists often study something big like the Earth?
They study the whole thing at once
They break it into smaller pieces called spheres
They use art and history methods
They only study the surface
What is a sphere in Earth science?
The whole Earth system
A large mountain
A smaller, self-contained system within the larger system of the Earth
A flat area of land
Which of the following is listed as one of Earth's spheres?
Atmosphere
Astronomy
Meteorology
Paleontology
What is the hydrosphere?
All the land on Earth
All the water on Earth
The layer of gases around Earth
All living things on Earth
What is the biosphere?
All the water on Earth
The layer of gases around Earth
All living things on Earth
The rigid, rocky outer layer of Earth
What is the geosphere (or lithosphere)?
The layer of gases around Earth
All the water on Earth
All living things on Earth
The rigid, rocky outer layer of Earth
What is the cryosphere?
All the land on Earth
The layer of gases around Earth
All the ice and snow on Earth
All living things on Earth
The water cycle connects all the Earth's (a) together.
When rain falls on the land, water moves from the atmosphere to the (a) .
When rain falls into the ocean, water moves from the atmosphere to the (a) .
Besides water, what other material is mentioned as moving through Earth's spheres in a cycle?
Rock
Oxygen
Carbon
Heat
Why is the movement of carbon between the spheres important?
It creates landforms
It maintains a stable climate on Earth
It causes earthquakes
It forms fossils
