SOL Review (6th Grade)

What causes Earth's day/night cycle?

• Revolution

• Rotation

The hemisphere leaning towards the sun is in what season?

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

What is the force that keeps planets in motion around the Sun?

• Magnetic

• Kinetic

• Gravity

• Magic

Which of the following is a rocky planet?

• Mars

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Saturn

What causes high and low tides on Earth's oceans?

• Magnetic field from Venus

• Gravitational pull from the moon and Sun.

• The gravitational pull from the asteroid belt

• Meteors entering Earth's atmosphere

What are small streams that feed into larger rivers?

• Wetland

• Floodplain

• Tributaries

• Watershed

The boundary around a watershed is called what?

• Divide

• Border

• Balance

• Plain

What is the land that can be covered with water during varies parts of the year?

• Watershed

• Wetland

• Runoff

• Tributary

What is the body of water that combines the freshwater from rivers and the saltwater from the ocean?

• Divide

• Wetland

• Esturary

• Watershed

This layer is composed mainly of individual molecules, oxygen or nitrogen, rather than compounds.

• Mesophere

• Hemisphere

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere