6th Grade Final 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.
Areas of Study:
Continental Drift Steps of Scientific Method
Space
Earth worm Anatomy
Rock Cycle
Lab Write-up
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?
is the relationship between a planet’s distance from the sun and the length and duration
of its orbit?
What are the steps of the Scientific Method?
Be able to list all the planets in order from the Sun.
Be able to lable the parts of the anatomy of the Earth worm:
Parts of the rock cycle:
Phases of the Moon: