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6th Grade Science Final Assessment – Mrs. Palmquist/Mrs. Meier
On Tuesday of next week, you will begin a 3 day final exam.
Tuesday, June 3rd –You will complete the district benchmark unit test. This is the district required standardsbased test. It is 13 questions focusing on using the microscope, the difference between living and non-living, the
difference between plant and animal cells, the parts of a cell, and how a cell reproduces.
Tuesday & Wednesday June 3rd & 4th - You will have 50 Vocabulary words and definitions to match up using a
multiple choice format. All of your words from second semester and some from first semester have potential to be
on the test - This includes the units: Energy, Simple Machines, Eye/Vision & Light , Waves and Sound, Rockets and
Astronomy and Engineering, Cells and Living Things, Force, and Motion … plus a few from Inquiring Minds. For this
portion of the test you may only use your brain and a pencil!
NO COMPOSITION BOOKS OR NOTES!
Thursday, June 5th - You will complete the multiple choice portion of the test – 100 points. This includes –
Energy, Simple Machines, Eye/Vision & Light , Waves and Sound, Rockets, Astronomy and Engineering, Force,
Motion, Cells and Living Things, plus a few from the Inquiring Minds Unit. For this portion of the test you may
use your COMPOSITION BOOKS and Hand-written NOTES! (No copies of textbooks)
Things you need to know for the exam:
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Suggestion #1: Make sure that all of work is up to date in your composition books.
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Suggestion #2: Make sure that you have all three of your composition books and your rocket work to study
from.
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Suggestion #3: Make flashcards for your science terms.
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Suggestion #4: Use the study guide to go through your composition books.
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Suggestion #5: Any missing information should be added to your composition book or written into your study
guide.
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Check my website for power points presentations to review.
Study hard and good luck…Use your time in class and at home to work on your study guide.
Topics to Review:
Inquiring Minds
1. How to write a scientific explanation (using claim, evidence, and reasoning)
2. The difference between a quantitative and a qualitative observation
3. The basic safety expectations and materials for science
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6.
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How to measure in meters, liters and grams
The tools used to measure mass, force length, volume and area and the units for each
Formula for calculating area
Formula for calculating volume
8. The difference between Engineering Design Cycle and the Scientific Inquiry Process
9. Class expectations – materials, procedures, etc.
Energy
1. The difference between Potential & Kinetic Energy
2. The different types of Energy (Mechanical, Electrical, Light, Heat, Sound, Gravitational…)
3. How to write and explain Energy Transformations
Simple Machines
1. The simple machines we studied and how they work.
2. The three different types of levers and an example of each
Force and Motion
1. The difference between force and motion
2. The basic types of Force
3. Newton's laws and examples of each
4. The concept of Inertia
5. The difference between acceleration and speed
6. How to calculate speed
Waves and Sound
1. Waves
2. The parts of a wave.
3. How waves are made
4. How waves travel
5. The 3 types of mediums and how they affect the speed of sound
6. The 2 types of waves - You should know how to draw each type and be able to identify them.
7. The 4 properties of waves
8. What is sound? How are pitch and frequency related? How are amplitude and volume related?
Light and Optics
1. Light waves are and how they travel
2. The parts of the eye are and how they contribute to vision
3. How light reacts to prisms
4. The properties of light
5. The parts of a wave
6. The color spectrum
7. How color is seen
Rockets, Astronomy and Engineering Design
1. The main parts of a model rocket
2. The main parts of a real rocket
3. How daily activities are different in space
4. The countries and their involvement with the ISS
5. Steps and examples of the Engineering design cycle
Cells and Living Things
1. The difference between something that is living, non-living and dead
2. The difference between a plant and animal cell
3. The parts of the cell that a plant cell has but an animal cell do not.
4. The parts and function of both plant and animal cells.
5. The organization of cells
6. How cells reproduce or go through the process of mitosis
7. The percentage of genes that are given to an
8. The 5 kingdoms of living things and examples of each
FINAL THOUGHTS………
Remember you cannot use your work on the vocabulary part of the test.
Study hard and good luck… Use your extra time in class to work on your study guide. No extra time will be allowed
for the test due to incomplete study guides or lost study guides. If you snooze, you lose 20% of your grade!!
You have approximately 25 concepts to know for this test and 6 days to make sure you have at least written them
down in your notebook and studied them once. Study about 5 each day. At night quickly review the ones you
studied the day before and study 5 more. Writing them down will help a lot!! If you do this, you will have this test
mastered!!
Make Flashcards for your vocabulary and get your friends or parents to help you memorize at least 50 words --remember, not all the words will be on the list so memorize more than 50.
Study the Astronomy packets last since you just finished this unit. They will be the freshest in your mind.
******ALL of the terms, videos, labs, and assignments are fair game for an exam question.*******
Science Vocabulary List
These terms have the possibility of being on Part 1 of the exam. You will have to know 50 of them and their
definitions. (You will not know which will be on the exam—study them all!!)
1. Science
2. Data
3. Qualitative Observation
4. Quantitative Observation
5. Hypothesis
6. Research
7. Scientific Method
8. Inference
9. Measuring
10. Predicting
11. Estimating
12. Classifying
13. Observing
14. Analyzing
15. Experiment
16. Control
17. Variable
18. Matter
19. Mass
20. Weight
21. Volume
22. Area
23. Meter
24. Liter
25. Newton
26. Properties
27. Force
28. Friction
29. Gravity
30. Energy
31. Motion
32. Velocity
33. Acceleration
34. Inertia
35. Centrifugal Force
36. Air Resistance
37. Balanced Force
38. Magnetic Field
39. Magnetism
40. Potential Energy
41. Kinetic Energy
42. Energy Transformation
43. Electromagnetic Energy
44. Thermal (Heat) Energy
45. Speed
46. Power
47. Motion
48. Sclera
49. Pupil
50. Iris
51. Cornea
52. Retina
53. Wave
54. Transverse Wave
55. Longitudinal Wave
56. Sound
57. Frequency
58. Amplitude
59. Wavelength
60. Crest
61. Trough
62. Vibration
63. Pitch
64. Lever
65. Pulley
66. Inclined Plane
67. illumination
68. luminous
69. translucent
70. transparent
71. prism
72. visible spectrum
73. concave lens
74. convex lens
75. lens
76. real image
77. Cell Wall
78. Cell Membrane
79. Cytoplasm
80. Chloroplasts
81. Mitochondria
82. Ribosomes
83. Nucleus (of a cell)
84. Vacuoles
85. Chlorophyll
86. Endoplasmic Reticulum
87. Parachute
88. Nose Cone
89. Chute Wadding
90. Shock Cord
91. Shock Cord Mount
92. Body Tube
93. Fins
94. Payload
95. Engine