Grade 6 Revision Test #4

Student Name: ___________ Class: ________

1. A partial food web of a pond ecosystem is shown below.

Which type of organism is missing from this food web?

A Decomposers
B Producers
C Predators
D Consumers

2. The diagram below shows a hot air balloon rising. Propane gas tanks are seen at the
bottom of the balloon.

What energy transformations occur when propane gas is used to lift the balloon?
A Mechanical  light  chemical
B Chemical  mechanical  thermal
C Thermal  chemical  light
D Chemical  thermal  mechanical
3. A student used a video camera to record another student dropping a marble through water
in a graduated cylinder.
The students watched the video in slow motion and made the observations shown below.

During which part or parts of the marble’s fall did the marble experience unbalanced forces?
A Part 1 only
B Parts 1 and 2 only
C Part 3 only
D Parts 2 and 3 only

4. The principal’s chair has wheels. It sits on her office floor next to her desk. She
pulls the chair away from her desk.

What makes the chair move?

A. the force of gravity on the chair

B. the force of her pull on the chair
C. friction between her hand and the chair
D. friction between the wheels and the floor
5. An athlete is trying to lift some weights. He successfully lifts 200 N weights, but when he
tries to lift 400 N weights, he is unsuccessful.

Which of these correctly compares the amount of work the athlete does on the weights?

A The athlete does no work on either the 200 N weights or the 400 N weights.

B The athlete does no work on the 200 N weights but does work on the 400 N weights.

C The athlete does work on both the 200 N weights and the 400 N weights.

D The athlete does work on the 200 N weights but does no work on the 400 N weights.

6. A student places a ball on the ground and kicks it. The ball moves along the
ground.
Why does the ball move?

A. The kick decreases the weight of the ball.

B. The kick applies a contact force to the ball.
C. The kick decreases the force of gravity acting on the ball.
D. The kick removes friction between the ball and the ground.

7. A science class tested three properties of different materials. The results are shown in the
table below.

Based on the table, which material would be best to use to insulate electrical wires?

A Wood B Plastic C Copper D Steel

8. A student classifies the objects shown based on their physical properties.

Which property cannot be used to classify these objects into more than one group?

A Magnetism
B Mass
C Electrical conductivity
D Solubility in water

9. The body has many different organs.

Angelique labels this diagram of different organs in the body.

One of the labels is wrong.

Which label is wrong?
…………………………………………………………………… [1]
10. Class six have a quiz about organs in the human body.
Write the answer for each clue.

Clue 1: I pump blood around the body.

What organ am I?
Answer: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Clue 2: I control all other organs.

What organ am I?
Answer: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Clue 3: I get oxygen from the air and put it into the blood.
What organ am I?
Answer: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Clue 4: If I stop working, waste builds up in the blood and your blood will need to be
filtered by a machine.
What organ am I?
Answer: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Clue 5: I hold food when it is broken down.

What organ am I?
Answer: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [3]

11. The body has many different organs.

(a) Label the organs. [3]

(b) Complete the table.
One has been done for you.

[2]
[Total: 5]

12. A teacher gives students five rock samples to describe and sketch. The students
record their observations in the table below.

a) Sedimentary rocks have visible layers of small pieces of other rocks.

Based on the information in the rock sample table, which is a sedimentary rock?

A. pumice B. granite C. obsidian D. limestone

b) How is conglomerate different from the other rock samples?

A. It contains pebbles.
B. It has visible layers.
C. It has a rough texture.
D. It is all the same colour.
13. Mike investigates how well materials conduct electricity.
He connects different materials to an electrical circuit containing a lamp.
He looks at the brightness of the lamp.
Here are his results.

a) Brass conducts electricity.

Name one material that is a better conductor of electricity.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

b) Which material is the best conductor of electricity?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

c) Which material does not conduct electricity?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]
14. A teacher demonstrates how ice changes states. Two students record how long it
takes for ice to change to steam, as shown.

(a) Explain why student 2’s record is more understandable than student 1’s record.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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………………………………………………………………

(b) Explain why accurate and understandable records are important.

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…………………………………………………………………………………………………… [2]
15. Ahmed and Lily are playing a game.
They are trying to identify different objects without looking at them.

They have a bag with an object inside the bag.

(a) They try to guess what the object is using their hands.
What sense are they using?
……………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(b) Complete the sentence.

Choose from the words.

conclusion prediction question result

When they guess what the object is this is called a

………………………………………………………………………….. . [1]
[Total: 2]