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6th Grade 4th Quarter Exam
6th Grade 4th Quarter Exam
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Science
6th Grade
05/09/2015

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Term
All life on earth depends on the energy that comes from the ______.
Definition
sun
Term
The sun is a part of the __________.
Definition
Milky Way Galaxy
Term
The sun is known as the _________.
Definition
Yellow Dwarf
Term
The surface of the sun is called the ________.
Definition
photosphere
Term
The ______ of the sun is about 15 million degrees celsius.
Definition
core
Term
Scientist predict that the sun will keep burning for about ________ more years.
Definition
4 billion
Term
The sun makes up almost ______ of the mass of our solar system.
Definition
99%
Term
The sun is a _______.
Definition
star
Term
_________ on the sun changes hydrogen to helium.
Definition
Nuclear Fusion
Term
Scientist generally believe our solar system began about ___________ years ago.
Definition
4.6 billion
Term
What has gravity?
Definition
everything
Term
______ is also what makes the plants round.
Definition
gravity
Term
defends our body
Definition
immune system
Term
all of our bones
Definition
skeletal system
Term
cleans our body of poisons
Definition
excretory system
Term
all of your muscles
Definition
muscle system
Term
is in control of the thyroid glands
Definition
endocrine system
Term
mouth and stomach
Definition
digestive system
Term
delivers your oxygen
Definition
respiratory system
Term
your control system
Definition
nervous system
Term
your life pump that keeps your blood flowing
Definition
circulatory system
Term
The ________ is the largest organ inside our body.
Definition
liver
Term
Your liver weighs about _______.
Definition
3 pounds
Term
Your ______ clean your blood and gets rid of waste that your body produces.
Definition
kidneys
Term
Kidneys makes waste into ______, which is sent to your bladder.
Definition
urine
Term
We have around _____ muscles in our body.
Definition

700

 

Term
makes the heart pump blood in and out
Definition
cardiac muscle
Term
muscles you CANNOT control
Definition
smooth muscles
Term
muscles you CAN control
Definition
skeletal muscles
Term
What do you do about 20 times a minute without even thinking about it?
Definition
breathing
Term
What is the bad air that your body doesn't need?
Definition
carbon dioxide
Term
Your trachea is divided into how many parts?
Definition
2 airway passage tubes
Term
How big is an adult lung?
Definition
the size of a football
Term
What do 9,000,000 children in the United States have?
Definition
Asthma
Term
What do lungs look like when they've been damaged from smoking?
Definition
gray or black spots on them
Term
Your skin is thick as a _____.
Definition
dime
Term
The vessels that carry blood away from your heart are called _____.
Definition
arteries
Term
The vessels that carry blood back to your heart are called _____.
Definition
veins
Term
Human cells have ____ pairs of chromosomes.
Definition
23
Term
_____ controls eye color, skin color and hair color.
Definition
DNA
Term
The number of possible combinations of chromosomes is. _______.
Definition
8,388,608
Term
Tiny message units called _______. make up chromosomes.
Definition
genes
Term
The genes themselves are made up of ______.
Definition
DNA
Term
_____ make sure you have all the right parts doing the right jobs.
Definition
genes
Term
Gene controlled traits are
Definition

a. color blindness

b. eye color and shapr

c. blood type

d. dimples

e. hair color

Term
Gene controlled traits from the environment
Definition

a. height

b. weight

c. musically gifted

d. aptitude in math

e. blood pressure

Term
_______ is a learned trait.
Definition
language
Term
It takes _____ muscles to frown.
Definition
42
Term
How many bones do babies have?
Definition
300
Term
It takes _____ muscles to smile.
Definition
17
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