6th Grade Midterms Review
2016-2017
Earth’s Structure
 Chapter 1 - Key Terms
atmosphere
geosphere
constructive force
destructive force
density
convection current
hydrosphere
basalt
biosphere
granite
Main Ideas
-How do the 4 spheres of the Earth work together as a system?
-What are the layers of the Earth, and the differences between each?
-What are 3 ways heat is transferred, and which happens inside the Earth?
 Chapter 2 - Key Terms
intrusive rock
extrusive rock
deposition
compaction
weathering
cementation
erosion
Main Ideas
-What are the types and differences between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks?
-What is the rock cycle?
 Chapter 3 - Key Terms
continental drift
Pangaea
mid-ocean ridge
deep-ocean trench
plate tectonics
sea-floor spreading
plate
subduction
fault
Main Ideas
-What 3 pieces of evidence supported Wegener’s theory of continental drift?
-What 3 pieces of evidence supported the theory of sea-floor spreading? Where do subduction and sea-floor spreading
occur?
-What are the 3 types of plate boundaries? (Think of our dance!)
-What are the 3 types of faults?
 Chapter 4 & 5
Musical Plate project – what connection did we see between earthquakes and volcanoes? Where did earthquakes and
volcanoes mostly seem to occur?
Earth’s Surface
 Chapter 2 - Key Terms
abrasion
weathering
deposition
oxidation
Humus
natural resource
erosion
permeable
soil conservation
bedrock
Main Ideas
-What is the difference between mechanical and chemical weathering, and what are some examples of each?
-How does soil form? How do the horizons differ?
-Why is soil considered a natural resource? How can it be damaged, and how can it be conserved?
 Chapter 3 - Key Terms
erosion
deposition
deflation
loess
plucking
Main Ideas
-What are the main causes of erosion?
-Know some examples of landforms created by the different causes of erosion.
till
7th Grade Midterms Review
 Chapter 1 - Key Terms
matter
chemistry
Element
atom
weight
mass
temperature
thermal energy
2016-2017
physical property
molecule
volume
endothermic
chemical property
compound
density
exothermic
Main Ideas
-What are 2 types of mixtures, and how can mixtures be separated?
-How are mass and weight different? Which changes and which stays constant?
-How do you calculate volume and density? What are the metric units for mass, volume, and density?
-What are examples of physical and chemical changes?
-What is the law of conservation of mass?
 Chapter 2 - Key Terms
crystalline solid
amorphous solid
viscosity
sublimation
Main Ideas
-How do particles behave in a solid, liquid, and gas?
-What processes change solid  liquid, and liquid  gas?
-What are the similarities and differences between boiling and evaporation?
-What are Boyle’s Law and Charles’ Law? (Remember the VTP cards!)
 Chapter 3 - Key Terms
atom
nucleus
group
metalloid
isotope
semiconductor
period
Main Ideas
-What 3 particles are found in an atom? What charges do they have and where in the atom are they found?
-What information is found in each square of the periodic table?
-Periodic table: how it is arranged, properties of each group, etc. (Information in your foldable.)
 Chapter 4 - Key Terms
valence electron
electron dot diagram
ion
subscript
Main Ideas
-How do valence electrons determine an element’s properties?
-Ionic and covalent bonds: how do they form and what are the properties of each?
-Similarities and differences between polar and nonpolar bonds
 Chapter 5 - Key Terms
precipitate
open system
catalyst
inhibitor
closed system
activation energy
concentration
Main Ideas
-How can you identify a chemical reaction?
-Chemical equations: know the parts, how to balance, and the 3 types
-What does a reaction need to get started? What 3 things affect the rate of the reaction?
 Chapter 6 - Key Terms
solution
suspension
Solute
dilute
colloid
concentrated
solvent
saturated
Main Ideas
-What are the differences between solutions, suspensions, and colloids? (Particle size, settling/separating, etc.)
-What factors affect solubility?
-What are the properties of acids and bases?
8th Grade Midterms Review
2016-2017
 Chapter 1 - Key Terms
cell
microscope
selectively permeable
osmosis
organic
diffusion
inorganic
Main Ideas
-Organelles of the cell and their functions
-Important groups of compounds in cells
-What is the difference between active and passive transport?
 Chapter 2 - Key Terms
Autotroph
heterotroph
fermentation
replication
Main Ideas
-How do all living things rely on the sun for energy?
-What happens during photosynthesis and cellular respiration? How are they opposite processes?
-What are the stages of the cell cycle, including substages of mitosis? Briefly, what happens in each?
 Chapter 3 - Key Terms
heredity
trait
allele
phenotype
heterozygous
incomplete dominance
genetics
genotype
codominance
gene
homozygous
Main Ideas
-What were Mendel’s experiments on heredity?
-Use a Punnett Square to predict genetic crosses
-What happens during meiosis? Why does a cell go through this process? How does it differ from mitosis?
 Chapter 4 - Key Terms
Nitrogen base
RNA
mutation
deleterious mutation
Main Ideas
-What is the structure of DNA? What nitrogen bases pair together? How does DNA replicate?
-What is the difference between DNA and RNA, or mRNA and tRNA? How does a cell make protein?
-What are the 3 types, or causes, of mutations? How can they affect an organism?
 Chapter 5
Be prepared to discuss a modern use of genetics: pedigrees, crime scenes, GMO’s, etc - How do they apply to
our study of genetics?
 Chapter 6 - Key Terms
adaptation
evolution
homologous structures
natural selection
punctuated equilibrium
variation
gradualism
Main Ideas
-Charles Darwin – why is he important? Where/how did he make his discoveries?
-What 3 factors provide evidence that organisms have changed over time, or that some organisms may be
related?
-How do new species form? What are two patterns to describe the rate evolution occurs?