Grade 6 Science Quiz Bee Questions 8.

What is the name of the force that pulls

objects towards each other?
Easy Round a) Gravity
1. Which of the following is NOT a type of b) Friction
simple machine? c) Inertia
A. Lever d) Velocity
B. Pulley
C. Wheel and axle 9. What is the common name for sodium
D. Magnet chloride?
a) Baking soda
2. Which of the following is a chemical Which of the following is used to measure
change? volume?
A. Boiling water A. Scale
B. Melting ice B. Thermometer
C. Burning wood C. Graduated cylinder
D. Cutting paper D. Ruler

3. Which of the following is a renewable 1. What is the process by which plants

resource? release water vapor into the atmosphere
A. Coal called?
B. Oil a) Transpiration
C. Wind b) Respiration
D. Natural gas c) Photosynthesis
d) Evaporation
4. Which of the following is a conductor of
electricity? 2. Which of the following is NOT a type of
A. Rubber electromagnetic radiation?
B. Plastic a) X-rays
C. Copper b) Gamma rays
D. Glass c) Ultraviolet rays
d) Infrared rays
5. Which of the following is used to
measure volume? 3. What is the smallest unit of matter?
A. Scale a) Atom
B. Thermometer b) Molecule
C. Graduated cylinder c) Cell
D. Ruler d) Proton

6. Which of the following is NOT a type of 4. What is the study of fossils called?
simple machine? a) Paleontology
A. Lever b) Geology
B. Pulley c) Archaeology
C. Wheel and axle d) Anthropology
D. Magnet
5. Which of the following is a type of simple
7. Which of the following is a chemical machine?
change? a) Screw
A. Boiling water b) Gear
B. Melting ice c) Lever
C. Burning wood d) Battery
D. Cutting paper
6. What is the process called when a liquid
changes into a gas?
a) Condensation
b) Melting
c) Freezing 4. Which of the following is NOT a state of
d) Evaporation matter?
a) Solid
7. What is the largest planet in our solar b) Liquid
system? c) Gas
a) Mars d) Energy
b) Venus
c) Jupiter 5. What is the chemical symbol for water?
d) Saturn a) H2O
b) CO2
8. What is the name of the force that pulls c) O2
objects towards each other? d) NaCl
a) Gravity
b) Friction 6. Which of the following is a mammal?
c) Inertia a) Snake
d) Velocity b) Fish
c) Bird
9. What is the common name for sodium d) Dog
chloride?
a) Baking soda 7. What is the largest organ in the human
b) Salt body?
c) Sugar a) Heart
d) Vinegar b) Liver
c) Skin
10. Which of the following is a type of d) Brain
renewable energy?
a) Coal 8. What is the process of changing from a
b) Gasoline liquid to a gas called?
c) Solar a) Evaporation
d) Natural gas b) Condensation
c) Melting
Easy Round d) Freezing
1. Which of the following is a source of
renewable energy? Easy Round
a) Coal 1. Which of the following is a source of
b) Natural gas renewable energy?
c) Solar power a) Coal
d) Oil b) Natural gas
c) Solar power
2. What is the largest planet in our solar d) Oil
system?
a) Earth 2. What is the largest planet in our solar
b) Mars system?
c) Jupiter a) Earth
d) Saturn b) Mars
c) Jupiter
3. What is the process by which plants d) Saturn
make their own food called?
a) Photosynthesis 3. What is the process by which plants
b) Respiration make their own food called?
c) Digestion a) Photosynthesis
d) Transpiration b) Respiration
c) Digestion
d) Transpiration
4. Which of the following is NOT a state of 2. Which of the following is NOT a type of
matter? renewable energy?
a) Solid a) Solar power
b) Liquid b) Wind power
c) Gas c) Nuclear power
d) Energy d) Hydroelectric power
Answer: c) Nuclear power
5. What is the chemical symbol for water? 3. What is the force that opposes the
a) H2O motion of objects through a fluid called?
b) CO2 a) Gravity
c) O2 b) Magnetism
d) NaCl c) Friction
d) Inertia
6. Which of the following is a mammal? Answer: c) Friction
a) Snake
b) Fish 4. What is the study of the Earth's rocks,
c) Bird minerals, and the processes that shape
d) Dog them called?
a) Geology
7. What is the largest organ in the human b) Meteorology
body? c) Astronomy
a) Heart d) Oceanography
b) Liver Answer: a) Geology
c) Skin 5. Which of the following is NOT a phase of
d) Brain matter?
a) Solid
8. What is the process of changing from a b) Liquid
liquid to a gas called? c) Gas
a) Evaporation d) Plasma
b) Condensation Answer: d) Plasma
c) Melting 6. What is the process by which a gas
d) Freezing changes into a liquid called?
a) Evaporation
9. Which planet is known as the "Red b) Condensation
Planet"? c) Melting
a) Venus d) Freezing
b) Mars Answer: b) Condensation
c) Jupiter 7. What is the largest planet in our solar
d) Saturn system?
a) Earth
10. What is the basic unit of life? b) Mars
a) Cell c) Jupiter
b) Atom d) Saturn
c) Molecule Answer: c) Jupiter

Medium Round 8. What is the process by which an

1. What is the process by which plants organism produces offspring called?
convert light energy into chemical energy a) Reproduction
called? b) Metabolism
a) Photosynthesis
b) Respiration Difficult Round
c) Digestion 1. What is the process by which plants
d) Transpiration produce their own food?
A. photosynthesis
Answer: a) Photosynthesis B. respiration
C. digestion
D. fermentation

2. What is the main function of the liver in

the human body?
A. to produce insulin
B. to filter the blood
C. to regulate body temperature
D. to produce bile
3. Which of the following is NOT a
renewable source of energy?
A. solar energy
B. wind energy
C. geothermal energy
D. fossil fuels
4. Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of a mammal?
A. they have fur or hair
B. they lay eggs
C. they are warm-blooded
D. they produce milk to feed their young
5. What is the process by which water
changes from a liquid to a gas?
A. evaporation
B. condensation
C. precipitation
D. transpiration
6. What is the force that causes objects to
fall toward the ground?
A. friction
B. gravity
C. magnetism
D. buoyancy
7. Which of the following is a property of
acids?
A. they taste sweet
B. they turn blue litmus paper red
C. they have a pH greater than 7
D. they feel slippery
8. What is the function of the mitochondria
in a cell?
A. to produce energy
B. to synthesize proteins
C. to store genetic information
D. to transport materials within the cell
9. What is the process by which sediment is
deposited in a new location?
A. erosion
B. weathering
C. deposition