6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.
-
Upload
juniper-palmer -
Category
Documents
-
view
245 -
download
9
Transcript of 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.
![Page 1: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
6th Grade Science
Final ExamThursday, June 7, 2012
![Page 2: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
1. What is the biosphere? Ch. 1
• The biosphere is…. – the part of Earth in which living things are found.
![Page 3: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
2. What are abiotic factors? List at least three important abiotic factors. Ch. 6
• Three important abiotic factors within an ecosystem are– water, sunlight, and air.
![Page 4: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
3. A group of populations that interact with one another in a particular area is called a ___________? (Choose one- biome,
community, ecosystem, environment) Ch. 6
• 3. A group of populations that interact with one another in a particular area is called– a community.
![Page 5: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
4. What happens to a species that cannot adapt to changing conditions in its environment? Ch. 6
• The species may become extinct.
![Page 6: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
5. An organism that harms another in a symbiotic relationship is a ____________? (Choose one- prey,
polluter, parasite, predator) Ch. 7
• An organism that harms another in a symbiotic relationship is a– parasite
![Page 7: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
6. What is a decomposer? Give an example. Ch. 7
• An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms is a…– Decomposer (Ex. Mold)
![Page 8: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
7. What is a consumer? Give an example. Ch. 7
• An animal that cannot make its own food from sunlight. Instead the animal gets energy by eating other organisms is a…– Consumer (Ex. Bear)
![Page 9: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
8. What is a producer? Give an example. Ch. 7
• A plant directly converts the energy of the Sun into food through photosynthesis. A plant is an example of a…– Producer
![Page 10: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
9. What do deciduous trees do each year? Ch. 6
• Each year deciduous trees each year– shed their leaves and then grow new ones.
![Page 11: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
10. Why is the soil of the deciduous forest nutrient rich? Ch. 6
• The soil of the deciduous forest is nutrient rich– because of decayed leaves.
![Page 12: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
11. In the nitrogen cycle, where do animals get their nitrogen? Ch. 7
• Animals get their nitrogen– from plants
![Page 13: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
12. List three facts about symbiotic relationships. Ch. 7
• 1. In parasitic relationships, the parasite is helped and the host is harmed.
• 2. Both organisms living in a mutualistic relationship are helped.
• 3. In commensalism, one organism is helped and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
![Page 14: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
13. Where are most volcanoes located? Ch. 8
• Most volcanoes are located? – on the ocean floor
![Page 15: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
14. What do seismographs detect? Ch. 8
• Seismographs detect – ground movement as it occurs in earthquakes
![Page 16: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
15. Draw a diagram of Earth’s layers. What is each layer made of? Ch. 8
• Earth’s outer core is a – very dense liquid
![Page 17: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
16. Most of Earth’s mass is in the ___? (Choose one- mantle, core, crust) Ch. 8
• Most of Earth’s mass is in the– mantle.
![Page 18: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
17. According to the theory of plate tectonics, what may form where plates move together?
Ch. 8
• According to the theory of plate tectonics, mountains form where plates move together.
![Page 19: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
18. According to the theory of plate tectonics, what may form where plates move apart? Ch. 8
• According to the theory of plate tectonics, valleys form where plates move apart.
![Page 20: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
19. How is a rock different than a mineral? Ch. 9
• A rock is made up of minerals.
![Page 21: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
20. Which soil layer has the greatest amount of organic material? (Choose one- sand, subsoil, topsoil, parent
rock) Ch. 9
• Topsoil has the greatest amount of organic material.
![Page 22: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
21. Which soil layer would be the least conducive for growing plants? Ch. 9
• Parent rock would be the least conducive for growing plants.
![Page 23: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
22. Why do farmers plant a cover crop? Ch. 9
• The cover crop reduces the amount of soil erosion.
![Page 24: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
23. Glacier movement formed which body of water? Ch. 10
• Glacier movement formed– the Great Lakes
![Page 25: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
24. What is an important difference between erosion and weathering? Ch. 10
• Erosion involves movement of materials from one place to another.
![Page 26: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
25. What is the main process that has shaped Earth’s surfaces? Ch. 10
• The main process that has shaped Earth’s surfaces is– water running downhill
![Page 27: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
25. In which state of matter do particles move the slowest? Ch. 13
• Particles move the slowest in a…– solid
![Page 28: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
26. The amount of space an object takes up is its ______. (Choose one- mass, height, density,
volume) Ch. 13• The amount of space an object takes up is its– volume
![Page 29: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
27. Describe water vapor. Ch. 13
• An example of water vapor is– gas above boiling water
![Page 30: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
28. Describe condensation? Ch. 13
• An example of condensation is – little drops of condensed water found on iced
drinks in the summer
![Page 31: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
29. What is the difference between chemical change and physical change? Ch. 13
• A chemical change differs from a physical change because in a chemical change a substance– changes into another substance.
![Page 32: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
30. Kinetic and potential energy are both forms of ________. (Choose one- solar energy, electrical energy,
chemical energy, mechanical energy) Ch. 17
• Kinetic and potential energy are both forms of– mechanical energy
![Page 33: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
31. Energy stored in the bonds between atoms is ________. (Choose one- kinetic energy, thermal energy, electrical energy,
chemical energy) Ch. 17
• Energy stored in the bonds between atoms is – chemical energy
![Page 34: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
32. What causes the Earth to act like a magnet? Ch. 17
• The Earth acts like a magnet because of
– the movement of hot, liquid metal inside Earth
![Page 35: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
33. On a magnet, where is the magnetic field strongest? Ch. 17
• The magnetic field is the strongest– at both poles
![Page 36: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
34. Any machine with moving parts will give off heat. Why? Ch. 17
• Any machine with moving parts will give off heat because
Friction causes mechanical energy to change to thermal energy.
![Page 37: 6 th Grade Science Final Exam Thursday, June 7, 2012.](https://reader033.fdocuments.in/reader033/viewer/2022061608/5697bf851a28abf838c8781c/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Good Luck
• Be sure to study and prepare yourself for your final exam every night and you will do great! Go to be early and get lots of rest, a sleepy mind doesn’t perform well! It’s almost summer and then you can do what you want, but right now you need to study!