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Grade 6
A) Circle the letter of the best answer:

1. A device use to measure temperature is___________.

a. calorimeter b. thermometer
c. telescope d. seismometer

2. The increase in volume caused by increase in temperature

is called___________.
a. thermal expansion b. thermal contraction
c. contraction d. thermal relaxation

3. The direct movement of heat through direct contact

between objects is called___________.
a. thermal expansion b. convection
c. conduction d. radiation

4. The movement of Foucault pendulum provides evidence

of Earth’s ___________.
a. rotation b. revolution
c. seasons d. axis

5. The line of longitude at which the date changes is

called ___________.
a. standard time zone b. equator
c. international date line d. axis

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6. It takes 24 hours for Earth to make one______________.

a. rotation c. orbit
b. revolution d. time zone
7. What season does the drawing show for North America?

a. winter c. summer
b. spring d. fall
8. What happens during a solar eclipse?
a. The moon passes between Earth and the sun.
b. Earth passes between the moon and the sun.
c. The sun passes between Earth and Mars.
d. None of the above.
9. Which phase of the moon immediately follows a new moon?
a. waning gibbous c. waning crescent
b. waxing gibbous d. waxing crescent
10. At which phase the moon is completely dark?
a. New moon c. full moon
b. gibbous d.crescent

B) Mark True or False.

1. Objects expand due to the increase in temperature. ( )
2. Heat flows from high temperature to low temperature till balance
is reached. ( )
3. A material that absorbs energy but doesn’t transfer it is called
conductor. ( )
4. Metals have low specific heat. ( )
5. Conduction happens in liquids. ( )

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6. Thermal expansion is the increase in volume caused by increase

in temperature. ( )
7. Infrared telescopes detect objects using visible light. ( )
8. The apparent path of the sun is from west to east. ( )
9. In summer, objects have longer shadows than winter. ( )
10. Tides, eclipses, and phases happen because of moon’s
revolution around Earth. ( )
11. On the moon, craters are formed when space objects hit
the surface. ( )
12. The moon’s revolution around Earth takes 14.5 days.
( )
13. The gravitational pull between the sun and Earth causes
tides. ( )
14. Earth has a tilted axis. ( )
15. During summer, the hemisphere is tilted towards the
sun. ( )
16. Countries at the same time zone have different time. (
)
17. The movement from one zone to the other will change the
time by 2 hours. ( )
18. It takes 14.5 days for the new moon to change to waxing
gibbous moon. ( )
19. The sun’s tilted axis causes the seasons. ( )
20. Tides happen by the gravity of the moon. ( )

C) Complete the following sentences.

1- .…………………………………. is the increase in volume caused by the
increase in temperature.

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2-.………………………………….is the direct movement of heat through

direct contact between objects.
3-.………………………………….is the transfer of energy by the flow of
liquid or gas.
4-………………………………… is the transfer of energy through Earth’s
atmosphere and oceans.
5-A ………………………………… is a switch that controls the heating
process by turning on and off.
6-………………………………is the amount of heat need to raise the
temperature of 1 grams of a substance by 1 degree.
7-………………………………is the study of universe.
8-………………………………is everything that exists including the sun.
9-………………………………is a vertical belt of 15 degrees wide in
longitude, in which all locations have the same time.
10- One complete trip around the sun is called
………………………………
11- Earth is divided into ………………………………standard time
zones.
12- ………………………………are deep holes on the moon’s surface.
13- The different shapes of the moon are called
………………………………
14- In the……………………………… phases the lit side of the moon is
getting bigger.
15- In the……………………………… phases the lit side of the moon is
getting smaller.
16- ………………………………is when Earth blocks the moon’s light.
17- ………………………………is when the moon blocks the sun’s light.
18- ……………………………… tide happens in the first and last
quarter phases of the moon.

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19- ……………………………… tide happens in the new and full moon.

D) Answer the following questions.

1. Write down why winter clothes are made of wool and have
dark colors while summer clothes are thin and light in color
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2. Write down why cars have coolant in the engine’s radiator.
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3. Write down why expansion joints are made up of good
conductors.
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4. State how the reflecting and refracting telescope are alike.
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5. State how they are different.
a. Reflecting
telescope:______________________________________
b. Refracting
telescope:_____________________________________
6. Write down why there are more craters on the moon than
Earth.
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7. Write down when there is a new moon.

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