Name: _____________________________ Block: _______________________ Date: _________
6th Grade SOL test
1. Label the seasons of the year : Position one is Summer since the axis is tilted toward the sun.
Position 2 is fall, 3 winter, 4 spring
2. The diagram below shows phases of the moon . Label the missing phases.
Waxing crescent
New moon
Waning crescent
3. Which diagram shows spring tide? __B ________________
A
B
4. The diagram below shows the water sheds in Virginia . Label each watershed .
Gulf of Mexico
Chesapeake bay
North Carolina Sound
5. The map below shows 2 different fronts. Identify each type of front and the direction in which
it is moving .
Warm Front: North
Cold front: South East
Warm Front: North West
6.
Match the weather instrument to its use:
__7__a. Hygrometer
___4_b. Rain gauge
__1__c. Barometer
__5__d. Wind anemometer
__3__e. Wind vane
___2_f. Psychrometer
__6__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: Radiowaves reflects ; 50-400km
Exosphere:Sattelite : More than 400 Km
Stratosphere: Ozone Layer 10-30Km
Troposphere: Earth Atmosphere 0-10 Km
Mesosphere: Meteors 30-50 Km
8. Label the different parts of water cycle
9. Matching
2 a. This measures the amount of salt in the compound
8 b. Scientist who studies weather
4 c. This measures the amount of hydrogen ion in any sample
3 d. Movement of air due to the difference in air pressure
6 e. The pattern of weather that occurs in a particular area over time
7 f. Whirling , funnel shaped cloud that sometimes develops during
violent thunder storm.
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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
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h. How clear the water is.
8. Meteorologist
10. Fill in the blanks:
a. Air is a mixture of gases. The most abundant gas in the air is nitrogen . The amount of this gas is
78. The amount of oxygen in the air is 21.
b. The rotation of Earth around its axis causes day and night.
c. Revolution of the Earth around the sun and tilt of the Earth’s axis causes seasons .
d.
e.
f.
g.
In Solar eclipse, moon is in the middle between the sun and Earth.
Because of cohesion water molecules stick to each other to form a dome .
This is the ability of water to flow against gravity. Capilary action
Water is a polar covalent 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. Maritime tropical
i. Martitime polar air mass forms over water , it is cold and moist.
11. Matching: Types of clouds
3 a. This type of clouds can mean rainy day.
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1. Nimbostratus
b. These clouds are usually forming in nice weather.
2 c. These clouds move from west to east and they contain very little water vapor
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d. Thunder storm clouds
1 e. These clouds are so thick and they cause rain for several hours
1.
2. Cirrus
3. Stratus
4. Cumulus
5. Cumulonimbus