Science Quiz 6th Grade

Becca noticed her soup was getting cold. Which of the following best explain how heat is transferred in this scenario?

• Cold from the soup is being transferred into the around the soup

• Cold from the air around the soup is being transferred into the soup.

• Heat from the air around the soup is being transferred into the soup.

• Heat from the soup is being transferred to the colder air around the soup

Which is true of light waves and sound waves?

• Light waves can travel through a vacuum, but sound waves need matter to transfer

• Sound waves can travel through a vacuum, but light waves cannot

• Neither can travel through the vacuum of outer space

• They can both travel through the vacuum of outer space

If you wanted to make a solar oven out of boxes, black paper, and aluminum foil, what would most likely be the job of the foil?

• Changing the visible light into infrared wave to cook the food.

• Absorbing the sunlight and changing it to heat to decrease cooking time.

• Reflecting the sunlight directing it to the food being cooked

• Transmitting heat from outside the cooker to inside the cooker.

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Which statement describes a property of water?

• water is less dense as a solid than as a liquid

• water is less dense as a solid than as a gas

• water is more dense as a solid than as a liquid

• water is more dense as a gas than as a liquid

Which list is in order from smallest to largest?

• animal, cell, molecule atom

• cell, atom, molecule, animal

• atom, molecule, cell, animal

• molecule, atom, cell, animal

Which best explains what will happen when an ice pop is taken out of the freezer and placed at room temperature?

• The atoms will gain heat energy and move slower.

• The atoms will lose heat energy and move farther apart.

• The atoms will lose heat energy and move closer together.

• The atoms will gain heat energy and move faster.

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If both of these beakers of water were placed in a sunny spot, which of the following would be true?

• The water in beaker Y will heat faster because the volume of water is greater

• The water in beaker X will heat faster because the volume of water is less

• The water in beaker X will heat faster because the density of water is less

• The water in beaker Y will heat faster because the density of water is greater

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Tommy has a brown cup and a green cup. Each cup contains an equal amount of water. - The temperature of the water in the brown cup is 10°C. - The temperature of the water in the green cup is 30°C. Tommy places the brown cup next to the green cup so that the cups touch each other. How will heat flow between the cups?

• Heat will flow from the green cup to the brown cup, and the particles in the brown cup will speed up.

• Heat will flow from the brown cup to the green cup, and the particles in the brown cup will slowdown.

• Heat will flow from the green cup to the brown cup, and the particles in the brown cup will slow down.

• Heat will flow from the brown cup to the green cup, and the particles in the green cup will speed up.

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Which statement best describes the relationship between the frequency and the wavelength of waves?

• As wavelength decreases, frequency remains the same.

• As wavelength changes, there is no change in frequency.

• As frequency increases, wavelength gets shorter.

• As frequency increases, wavelength gets longer.

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An ice cube is placed in a pan and heated on a stove until it melts and then evaporates. Which best explains the change that occurred?

• The heat decreased the movement of the water molecules causing a change in state.

• The heat decreased the number of water molecules causing a change in state.

• The heat increased the number of water molecules causing a change in state.

• The heat increased the movement of the water molecules causing a change in state.

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