Download Benchmark 1 Study Guide 6th Grade Earth Science Mr. Ventiquattro

Benchmark 1 Study Guide
6th Grade Earth Science
Mr. Ventiquattro
The benchmark will be a short 25 MC question exam that covers the major concepts below that date
back to the first week off school.
Concepts/Vocab to know
1. The definition of Mass (amount of matter in an object)
2. The tool used to measure the volume of a rock with (graduated Cylinder)
3. Convert kilometers to meters (multiply by 1,000)
4. Know the unit to measure thickness of earth’s layers (Kilometers)
5. Definition of hypothesis (educated guess of prediction about what you think will happen)
6. Definition of a conclusion (written at end of lab to reveal findings or results)
7. Outer core (Liquid metal layer of earth very hot )
8. Mantle (Makes up 2/3 of earth’s mass)
9. Lithosphere (rigid crust and upper part of mantle made of rock )
10. Inner core (Solid iron, contains most heat and pressure)
11. Earthquake waves (Allow us to know the composition and depths of each layer of earth)
12. Convection currents (heated rock rises, cooled rock sinks)
13. Asthenosphere (area where convention currents are located which drive the tectonic plates
14. Know what Alfred Wegener’s theory was
15. Know that lithospheric plates is a term interchangeable with tectonic plates
16. Convergent plates, move towards each other
17. Divergent plates, move away from each other
18. Convergent subduction, ocean plate hits continental plate and ocean plate sinks back into
mantle
19. San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary in western US
20. Basalt primarily makes up oceanic crust…..Cools quickly
21. Convert from kilograms to grams (x 1000)
22. Know that volume is the amount of space an object takes up
23. We know about earth’s interior because we study earthquake waves
24. Know the events plate boundaries can cause
25. Know which pieces of evidence were used by Wegener to support his theory
These are simply a template about what the 25 questions will roughly be about.
Please refer to note packets for additional information on topics ************