6th Grade Mid Term Review
I do not grade the study guide or go over it. I answer questions as you ask them and check work as you ask as well.
Vocabulary:
Please study all vocabulary that has been previously assigned for all Session Sheets
Comets craters gravity meteoroids moon rays air atmosphere
Crust Earth planet solar system water axis revolution(revolve) rotation
Seasons orbit phase eclipse sun tide
convection,crust,deposition,erosion,igneous rock,lava,magma,mantle,metamorphic rock, mineral, rock cycle,sediment,sedimentary rock, tectonic plate,volcano,weathering, plate tectonics,
Essential Questions:
Please review all essential questions that have been previously assigned for all session sheets
Videos:
Review any and all videos assigned from past Session Sheets
In class Notes and Slide Shows:
Review all slideshow notes and in class notes covered by all of your Session Sheets
Multiple Choice Questions
Review the multiple choice questions that are posted on the discoveryeducation website labeled 6th Grade Mid Term Exam.
Extra Information:
Be able to identify the lab items used in our experiments and their uses:
Beaker, Erlenmeyer Flask, Graduated Cylinder
What are the characteristics of Earth that allow it to support life?
What are some features of Earth that make it distinct from the moon and from other planets in our solar system?
How are the Earth and the moon similar and different?
How do scientists know the composition of the moon and why does the moon appear to change shape over the course of a month?
What happens as the Earth rotates on its axis?
What happens during a lunar eclipse:
What happens during a solar eclipse:
What causes the seasons to change:
Remember that the ______is the center of our solar system and the Earth is revolving around the sun as the year goes by and rotating on its ______.
The moon revolves around the earth approximately every ____ days.
Approximately one week after a new moon, we see half of the lighted side of the moon. This is called a ______moon.
Waxing means to ______
______means to decrease
______are caused by the pull of both the sun and the moon on the Earth.
______Caused when the earth, moon, and sun are in a straight line. The combination of the gravitational pull of the sun and moon cause the ocean of the Earth to Bulge. These tides occur during new and full moons.
______When the earth, moon, and sun are at a right angle. Occurs during the first and third quarter moons. Produce the least range between high and low tide.
What is Pangea
What proof do we have of continental drift?
What is continental drift?
Who first proposed continental drift?
How did the solar system form and what force was involved?
Why do the eight planets in our solar system have different sizes and compositions?
What is the relationship between a planet’s distance from the sun and the length and duration
of its orbit?
How can we describe the orbital paths of planets around the sun?
What are the steps of the Scientific Method?
Be able to list all the planets in order from the Sun.
SPACE MISSIONS:
Please look through the booklet on the Famous Space Mission Facts.
Think: 1st Man in Space, Space tragedy’s, USSR vs USA..who was first at what and of course who did what between the two.
PLANETS:
List in order, Dwarf planet?
Facts we learned about the planets as well..
Phases of the Moon: