6th Science Semester 2 Review Question Preview (ID: 42753)


Energy, Plate Tectonics, Planets, Ecosystems, Motion Graphs. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

When ecosystems have similar climates and are home to similar organisms, they are classified as
a) Niches
b) Habitats
c) Biomes
d) Communities

Which pair best matches this pair of phrases? class of students - school campus
a) population - ecosystem
b) biotic - abiotic
c) hypothesis - conclusion
d) sedimentary - metamorphic

An abiotic component of an ecosystem is represented by the
a) bats in a bridge in Austin, Texas.
b) population of deer on a deer lease in Central Texas.
c) monthly average of rainfall in Texas.
d) attack on a wheat field by fungus.

What NASA space program landed the first men on the moon on July 20, 1969?
a) Project Mercury
b) Project Apollo
c) Project Gemini
d) Project Moon Quest

Which planet has a zero degree of tilt and no atmosphere?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Uranus
d) Mercury

This astronaut was the first US citizen to enter space.
a) Edwin Aldrin
b) Neil Armstrong
c) Alan Shepard
d) John Glenn

A rocky object that can be found orbiting the sun between the planets of Mars and Jupiter is most likely
a) Venus
b) The moon
c) An asteroid
d) Mars

What planet has the most amount of gravity?
a) Mercury
b) Earth
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn

Any object that orbits another object is considered a __________.
a) Satellite
b) Space Probe
c) Module
d) Pioneer

Sputnik 1 was what type of space equipment?
a) Probe
b) Satellite
c) Module
d) Rocket

This set of United States space missions had 2-astronaut crews that practiced connecting one module to another in space.
a) Project Gemini
b) Project Apollo
c) Project Earth
d) Project Mercury

When a satellite is in orbit around the Earth, the force of gravity on the satellite:
a) pulls the satellite out toward space.
b) causes a change in the direction of motion.
c) is so small it can be ignored.
d) causes the speed of the satellite to decease.

In a pond ecosystem, red-winged blackbirds, mosquitoes, algae, lily pads, cattails, and perch are called
a) a population
b) a community
c) abiotic components
d) a food chain

What will happen to sandstone, a sedimentary rock, when it is exposed to extreme heat and pressure?
a) It will erode.
b) It will become an igneous rock.
c) It will crystalize.
d) It will become a metamorphic rock.

When lava cools very slowly, the crystals of the rock formed will be
a) small
b) large
c) cemented
d) foliated

Rocks that can be found in the area of a volcano and have been cooled from a liquid state should be classified as
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d) thermic

Which best describes how earthquakes form?
a) Rocks break off.
b) Tectonic plates melt at subduction zones.
c) Hurricane like winds blow against shores of continents.
d) Blocks of rocks move suddenly along plate boundaries called faults.

What layer of the Earth is composed of the crust and upper part of the mantle?
a) Hydrosphere
b) Asthenosphere
c) Lithosphere
d) Outer Core

What is considered an abiotic component?
a) The number of deer in an ecosystem.
b) The growth of acorns in a field.
c) The species of caterpillars in a field.
d) The type of soil.

The amount of force needed to move a rock MOST likely depends on the rock's
a) diretion
b) distance
c) mass
d) velocity

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