CHAPTERS 1-7

6th Grade Semester Exam

CRYOSPHERE

Which sphere of the Earth system includes snowfields, ice caps, and

frozen ground?

A. LAKE OKEECHOBEEB. MAGMAC. PALM TREESD. DOLPHINS

Which is part of Earth’s hydrosphere?

THE SUN

Which is a main source of energy that drives the Earth system?

GEOSPHERE

The rocks that make up Earth are part of which sphere?

WINDS ARE CREATED

What is the affect of land heating and cooling more rapidly than

water?

TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES IN A IR , WATER , AND LAND

How does energy provided by the sun influence global winds?

STORM SURGE

The greatest threat to life and property during a hurricane is ____.

NITROGEN

What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?

HOT AND DRY

What kind of weather could a continental tropical air mass that formed over northern Mexico bring to the southwestern U.S.

STATIONARY FRONT

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the

other, the result is a(n) ____.

TORNADO

A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth’s surface is called a ____.

AIR PRESSURE

Isobars are lines on a map joining places that have the same ____.

FRONT

The boundary where unlike air masses meet but do not easily mix is called a(n) ____.

CYCLONES

The low air pressure of ____ is often associated with storms and

precipitation.

METEOROLOGISTS

Scientists called ____ study the causes of weather and attempt to

predict it.

HYDROSPHERE

The part of the Earth system that contains all of Earth’s water is

called the ____.

CONDUCTION

Heat transfer between two substances that are in direct contact

is called ____.

AIR HAS MASS

Air has pressure because ____.

DECREASES

As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure ____.

WEATHER

Interactions between the atmosphere and hydrosphere can

cause ____.

CONVECTION

Within the troposphere, heat is transferred mostly by ____.

WATER CYCLE

The continuous process by which water moves from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back is ____.

TRIBUTARY

A stream or river that runs into another stream or river is called a

____.

MEANDER

A river flowing across a wide flood plain begins to form loop-like bends

called ____.

DEPOSIT ION

Deltas are built up by ____.

PLUCKING

The process in which rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and

then are carried away when the glacier moves is called

DEFLATION

The process by which wind removes surface materials is called ____.

SLOWS DOWN OR HITS AN OBSTACLE

Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind ____.

The largest lake in Florida is ____.

HOT AND WET

In which type of climate does chemical weathering occur fastest?

RELIEF

What is the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts

of an area?

PERMEABLE

____ describes rocks that are full of connected air spaces causing them

to weather more easily.

OXIDATION

____ is the process that forms rust when iron combines with

oxygen in the presence of water.

CREEP

Which type of mass movement happens very slowly?

SLUMP

Which type of mass movement occurs when rock and soil move

quickly down a steep slope?

MUDSLIDE

In which type of mass movement can soils behave like a liquid and start

flowing?

SCIENTIF IC THEORY

A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or

experimental results is a ____.

SCIENTIF IC LAW

A ____ describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a

particular set of conditions.

SYSTEM

A ____ is a group of parts that work together to perform a function or

produce a result.

SKEPTIC ISM

____ is having an attitude of doubt.

PERSONAL BIAS

____ is an outlook influenced by a person’s likes and dislikes.

ETHICS

____ is the study of principles about what is right and wrong, fair and

unfair.

INFERRING

Your dog runs to the bowl with Brand A dog food. You tell your dad he likes

the food. You are _____

VARIABLES

During an experiment, which factors must be controlled so that researchers can draw a logical conclusion from the

experiment?

TESTABLE

In science, a hypothesis must be ____.

GRAPH

. One tool of science that may help scientists organize data into a picture that can be analyzed is

a ____.

SECOND

The SI unit of time is the ____.

TEST HOW AMOUNT OF FERTIL IZER AFFECTS PLANT GROWTH

MEASURE THE ACID OF A LOCAL RIVER AND ANALYZE DATA

ASK 100 PEOPLE IF THEY L IKE JUSTIN B IEBER AND ANALYZE DATA

OBSERVE AN ANT COLONY AND RECORD DATA

Which of these is an example of Opinion-based Research?

OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH

What method might scientists use to study elephant eating

patterns in the wild?

MODEL

A representation of a complex object or process, used to help people understand

what they cannot observe is a ___