Grade 6 Earth & space worksheet

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1. Which is a place where water can be stored?

   1. a wind direction
   2. an aquifer
   3. a shadow
   4. a temperature scale

2. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? A relatively small rocky or metallic body orbiting the Sun.

   1. Galaxy
   2. Revolution
   3. Mars
   4. Asteroid

3. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? The path an object follows as it moves under gravity around another object.

   1. Venus
   2. Comet
   3. Solar eclipse
   4. Orbit

4. A rain gauge overflows. How should that limitation be recorded?

5. Which process changes liquid water to water vapour?

   1. evaporation
   2. runoff
   3. freezing
   4. collection in a tank

6. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? A large gravitationally bound system of stars, gas, dust and dark matter.

   1. Mars
   2. Galaxy
   3. Revolution
   4. Jupiter

7. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? A unit of distance equal to how far light travels in vacuum in one year.

   1. Light-year
   2. Mars
   3. Galaxy
   4. Revolution

8. Rainfall on four days is 2, 0, 5 and 3 mm. Find the total rainfall in mm.

9. Why is the water cycle better shown as connected pathways than one single circle?

10. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Water falling from clouds as rain, snow or other forms.

    1. Igneous rock
    2. Precipitation
    3. Inner core
    4. Sedimentary rock

11. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? The largest planet in our solar system.

    1. Revolution
    2. Jupiter
    3. Lunar eclipse
    4. Orbit

12. Liquid water becoming water vapour is

    1. condensation
    2. sedimentation
    3. evaporation
    4. melting

13. Why can a globe and lamp help explain day and night even though they are not to scale?

14. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Rock formed from deposited material or chemical precipitation that becomes consolidated.

    1. Sedimentary rock
    2. Water cycle
    3. Mantle
    4. Metamorphic rock

15. Earth systems: which term fits this description? The thick rocky region between Earth's crust and core.

    1. Weather
    2. Climate
    3. Mantle
    4. Igneous rock

16. Earth's daily rotation mainly explains

    1. the cycle of day and night
    2. the shape of every cloud
    3. all Moon craters
    4. why all seasons are equally warm

17. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Water stored in saturated spaces beneath the ground.

    1. Lava
    2. Igneous rock
    3. Groundwater
    4. Outer core

18. The main cause of Earth's seasons is

    1. Earth switching off sunlight
    2. Earth stopping its rotation
    3. the Moon changing temperature
    4. axial tilt during Earth's orbit

19. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Molten or partly molten rock below Earth's surface.

    1. Water cycle
    2. Climate
    3. Magma
    4. Weathering

20. Which record best supports a local climate comparison?

    1. one photograph
    2. one opinion
    3. one lunchtime temperature
    4. many years of consistently measured observations