6^th Grade Science Final Exam Study Guide May 2009

 

Oceans

Vocabulary

• Crest
• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Trough
• Wave height
• Longshore drift
• Sandbar
• Rip current
• Groin
• Tsunamis
• Salinity
• Submersible
• Current
• Coriolis effect
• Climate
• Upwelling
• Sonar
• Continental shelf
• Continental slope
• Seamounts
• Abyssal plain
• Mid-ocean ridge
• Trench
• Magma
• Plates
• Sea-floor spreading
• Plankton
• Nekton
• Benthos
• Food web
• Intertidal zone
• Estuaries
• Brackish
• Neritic zone

 

Main Ideas

1. How do waves form?
2. How do waves change near the beach?
3. How do waves affect beaches and coastlines?
4. What are the parts of a wave?
5. What are tsunamis and how do they form?
6. What causes tides?
7. How are tides a source of energy?
8. How salty is ocean water?
9. How do conditions change with depth in the ocean?
10. What forces cause surface currents and deep currents?
11. How do surface currents affect climate on land?
12. What factors make ocean-floor research difficult?
13. What processes have shaped the ocean floor?
14. What factors affect where ocean organisms live?
15. What conditions must organisms in the rocky intertidal zone overcome?
16. What are the major types of coastal wetlands?

 

Bones, Muscles, and Skin

Vocabulary

• Vertebrae
• Marrow
• Cartilage
• Joint
• Ligament
• Tendon
• Osteoporosis
• Fracture
• Sprain
• Dislocation
• X-ray
• MRI
• Involuntary muscles
• Voluntary muscles
• Skeletal muscle
• Smooth muscle
• Cardiac muscle
• Epidermis
• Melanin
• Pores
• Follicles
• Dermis
• Cancer
• Acne

 

Main Ideas

1. What are the functions of the skeleton?
2. What role do moveable joints play in the body?
3. How can you keep your bones strong and healthy?
4. How do x-rays help identify injuries of the skeletal system?
5. How can bone and joint injuries be prevented?
6. What three types of muscles are found in the body?
7. Why do muscles work in pairs?
8. What are the functions of skin?
9. What habits can help keep your skin healthy?

 

Energy

Vocabulary

• Mechanical energy
• Heat energy
• Chemical energy
• Electromagnetic energy
• Nuclear energy
• Kinetic energy
• Potential energy
• Gravitational potential energy
• Law of conservation of energy

 

Main Ideas

1. What is energy?
2. What are the different forms of energy?
3. What is the different between kinetic and potential energy?
4. What is an energy conversion/transformation?

 

Diseases

Vocabulary

• Pathogen
• Infectious disease
• Bacteria
• Virus
• Fungi
• Protest
• Phagocyte
• Lymphocyte
• T-cells
• Antigens
• Immune response
• B-cells
• Antibodies
• AIDs
• Immunity
• Active immunity
• Passive immunity
• Vaccination
• Vaccine
• Antibiotic
• Noninfectious disease
• Allergy
• Allergen
• Histamine
• Asthma
• Insulin
• Diabetes
• Tumors

 

Main Ideas

1. What kinds of organisms cause disease?
2. Where do pathogens come from?
3. What is the body’s first line of defense against pathogens?
4. What happens during the inflammatory response?
5. How does the immune system respond to pathogens?
6. What is active immunity?
7. What is passive immunity?
8. What is an allergy?
9. How does diabetes affect the body?
10. What is cancer?