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Santa's Exam Review
1st Semester Term Review SCFCS: 6th Grade Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The investigation and exploration of natural events and the new information that results from those investigations. | science |
| An educated guess. | hypothesis |
| The act of using your senses in an experiment. | observation |
| A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events. | prediction |
| This has been proven over and over in repeated experiments. | scientific theory |
| A rule that describes a pattern in nature. | scientific law |
| An international system of measurement. | international system of units |
| Any factor that can have one or more value in an experiment. | variable |
| The Earth system that contains all living things. | biosphere |
| A mixture of gases from layers around the Earth. | atmosphere |
| The system that contains all of the water on Earth. | hydrosphere |
| The solid part of the Earth. | geosphere |
| Naturally occurring inorganic solids that have crystal structures and chemical compositions. | Minerals |
| The frozen portion of water on the Earth's surface. | cryosphere |
| A process where we take salt out of water. water cycle This includes evaporation, condensation, precipitation. | desalination |
| The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. | weather |
| The average weather pattern for a region over a long period of time. | Climate |
| The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations. | uplift |
| The physical and chemical processes that change objects on the Earth's surface over time. | weathering |
| When physical processes naturally break rocks into smaller pieces. | mechanical weathering |
| This combines the element oxygen with other elements or molecules. | Oxidation |
| Changes the materials that are part of rock into new materials. | chemical weathering |
| This substance contains sand, silt and clay. | soil |
| The process of changing once living material into organic matter. | decomposition |
| The shape and steepness of a landscape. | topography |
| All of the organisms that live in a region. | biota |
| The removal of weathered material from one location to another. | erosion |
| The laying down or settling of eroded material. | deposition |
| A broad, C-shaped curve in a stream. | meander |
| A large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water. | delta |
| A pile of windblown sand. | dune |
| The downhill movement of large masses of rock. | mass wasting |
| A rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders. | landslide |
| A large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across the Earth's surface. | glacier |
| A mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier. | Till |
| Water in gaseous form. | water vapor |
| The atmospheric layer that is closest to the Earth's surface. | troposphere |
| The middle layer of the Earth's atmosphere. | mesosphere |
| The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves. | radiation |
| The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles within matter. | convection |
| The transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles of matter. | conduction |
| A mixture of dust, acids and other chemicals that can be hazardous to human health. | particulate matter |
| This falls below seven on the pH scale. | acid |
| If something is higher than 7 on the pH scale, it is __________. | alkaline |
| When something is 7 on the pH scale, it is __________. | neutral |
| This is the only gas that can change to a solid, it is how dry ice forms. | carbon dioxide |
| A hypothesis should ALWAYS be written in this type of statement. | if then |
| This is how fast water can through a substance. | porosity |
| These worms work best to make a compost pile. | red wigglers |
| You should never put meat products , bread or outdoor plant matter in an indoor ___________ _________. | compost bin |
| Anything that is living or was living is ______________. | organic |
| Scientists study these to help people become better prepared for when they happen in the future. | naturaldisasters |
| This is the center of all volcanic and earthquake activity. | ringoffire |
| Sustained winds in a counterclockwise motion, heavy rain, storm surge in the Northern Hemisphere: You might be experiencing this natural disaster | hurricane |
| Buildings collapsing, ground shaking: You are experiencing this type of natural disaster. | earthquake |
| These high waves are caused by earthquakes under the ocean. | tsunami |
| The opposite of a hurricane, which occur in the southern hemisphere. They spin clockwise. | typhoons |
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