6TH GRADE 1ST QUARTER

EQT REVIEW

What affects stream erosion?

Q

A:DISCHARGE

What is a bed load?

Q

A:Material carried

in solution in a river

What drains a watershed?

Q

A:A WATER

SYSTEM

Know what as reference point is and which place is

not a good reference point.

What is declination magnetic?

Q

A:THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN MAGNETIC NORTH AND THE

TRUE NORTH

What powers the water cycle?

Q

SUN’S ENERGY

A

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What is a sediment?

Q

ROCK AND SOIL DEPOSITED BY

STREAMS

A

The two highest layers of the

atmosphere are: STRATOSPHERE & THERMOSPHERE

When do the greatest tidal ranges occur?

Q

SPRING TIDES

A

What increases the salinity of the ocean

water?

Q

EVAPORATION

A

What is part of the thermosphere

called?

Q

IONSPHEREA

what kind of weather cumulonimbus clouds bring?

Q

THUNDERSTORMS

A

What is the purpose of isobars?

Q

TO CONNECT POINTS OF EQUAL AIR PRESSURE ON WEATHER MAP

A

Where does a continental polar air mass form?

Q

UP NORTH (NORTHERN AREAS)

A

What can you get from a weather map?

Q

LOCATION OF COLD AND WARM FRONTS

A

What kind of weather will nimbostratus

clouds clouds likely bring?

Q

RAINYA

What is a storm surge and what

can it cause?

Q

It is the rising of the sea as a result of atmospheric pressure changes and wind associated with a storm. CAUSED FROM A HURRICANE

A

Where do ocean currentS flow east

to west near?

Q

NEAR THE EQUATORA

What explains why one side of a mountain usually

has more precipitation than the other side?

Q

MOUNTAINS FORCE AIR TO RISE, AND AIR COOLS AND RELEASES

MOISURE AS IT RISES.

A

What does the Earth’s atmosphere have

most of as far as gas?

Q

MOSTLY OF NITROGEN WITH ABOUT 21%

OXYGEN

A

Surface currents are caused by

what?

Q

WINDA

What is global warming caused

by?

Q

AN INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GASES

A

What causes the change of the

seasons?

Q

THE TILT OF THE EARTH’S AXIS

A

What is the major source of human-

caused air pollution?

Q

VEHICLE EXHAUSTA

What does a surface current do when it deflects?

Q

CHANGES DIRECTION

A

Know the globe is the model of the Earth that has distortion.

Know the protective ozone layer is found in

the STRATOSPHERE

When prevailing winds travel to a region

across large body of water what would the

climate be?

Q

WETTER

A

Know the greatest problem created by

the ozone layer…….is too much radiation

What is used to collect weather-related data

from the upper atmosphere?

Q

A WEATHER BALLOON, DOPPLER

RADAR, WEATHER SATELLITE.

What tool measures air

pressure?

Q

A BAROMETER

What is a source-point pollution and

non-point?

Q

A POINT SOURCE IS WATER POLLUTION THAT COMES FROM A

SINGLE, DESCRETE PLACE, TYPICALLY A PIPE.NON-POINT SOURCECOMES

FROM MANY SOURCES.

Know about the water treatment plants and

sewer system fliltration stages.

Q

What is El Nino and be able to explain

what it does.

Q