Name: _____________________________ Block: _______________________ Date: _________
6th Grade SOL test
1. Label the seasons of the year
2. The diagram below shows phases of the moon . Label the missing phases.
3. Which diagram shows spring tide? __________________
A
B
4. The diagram below shows the water sheds in Virginia . Label each watershed .
5. The map below shows 2 different fronts. Identify each type of front and the direction in which
it is moving .
6.
Match the weather instrument to its use:
____a. Hygrometer
____b. Rain gauge
____c. Barometer
____d. Wind anemometer
____e. Wind vane
____f. Psychrometer
____g. Thermometer
1. air pressure
2. humidity
3. wind direction
4. rain precipitation
5. wind speed
6. temperature
7. humidity
7. Label the different layer of the atomosphere, and state at least one feature about each layer.
Ionosphere: _______________________________________________________
Exosphere: ________________________________________________________
Stratosphere: ______________________________________________________
Troposphere: ______________________________________________________
Mesosphere: ______________________________________________________
8. Label the different parts of water cycle
9. Matching
___a. This measures the amount of salt in the compound
___b. Scientist who studies weather
___c. This measures the amount of hydrogen ion in any sample
___d. Movement of air due to the difference in air pressure
___e. The pattern of weather that occurs in a particular area over time
___f. Whirling , funnel shaped cloud that sometimes develops during
violent thunder storm.
___g Swirling tropical storm with winds 74 miles or higher developing over
1. Turbidity
2. Salinity
3. Wind
4. pH
5. Hurricane
6. Climate
7. Tornado
warm water
h. How clear the water is.
8. Meteorologist
10. Fill in the blanks:
a. Air is a __________________of gases. The most abundant gas in the air is __________. The
amount of this gas is_____________. The amount of oxygen in the air is ____________.
b. The ____________ of Earth around its axis causes day and night.
c. ________________ of the Earth around the sun and tilt of the Earth’s axis causes___________.
d. In Solar eclipse, _________is in the middle between the sun and Earth.
e. Because of ___________________, water molecules stick to each other to form a dome .
f. This is the ability of water to flow against gravity. _________________________
g. Water is a ______________ ____________molecule which means that the electrons are shared
unequally due to the difference in electronegativity of hydrogen and oxygen.
h. This air mass is formed over ocean, it is warm and moist. ___________________
i. Martitime polar air mass forms over______________, it is cold and moist.
11. Matching: Types of clouds
___a. This type of clouds can mean rainy day. ____
1. Nimbostratus
___b. These clouds are usually forming in nice weather.
2. Cirrus
___c. These clouds move from west to east and they contain very little water vapor
3. Stratus
___d. Thunder storm clouds
4. Cumulus
___e. These clouds are so thick and they cause rain for several hours
12.
5. Cumulonimbus