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6th Grade Science Review

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    Review of science
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  • What is the smallest unit of life?
    The cell
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  • Which organelle is the "brain" of the cell?
    The nucleus
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  • Plants combine carbon dioxide and __________ to make glucose (sugar/plant food).
    water
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  • The process plants use to make sugar or food for themselves is called what?
    Photosynthesis
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  • What is the smallest unit of matter?
    particles or atoms
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  • When particles gain thermal energy, what happens to their kinetic energy?
    Kinetic energy increases
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  • How is thermal energy being transferred down the metal rod?
    Through conduction
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  • How is thermal energy being transferred from the sun to earth?
    Through radiation
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  • How is thermal energy transferred in the air?
    Through convection
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  • Would this material be a good insulator or conductor?
    Insulator
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  • What do we call materials that transfer thermal energy well, like metal or cookware?
    Conductors
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  • How do the particles in a conductor transfer thermal energy to one another?
    They hit each other or collide
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  • In which state of matter does convection NOT occur: solid, liquid or gas?
    solid
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  • What's the difference between weather and climate?
    Weather is the current condition of the air. Climate is the average of the air conditions over many years
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  • What part of the earth receives the most concentrated solar energy?
    the equator
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  • Thermal energy is transferred from the equator to the poles through the process of ______________.
    Convection
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