Physical Science
Forces
Earth Science
6th Grade General Knowledge
Pop Culture Then and NOW
100

This is the name for the "building blocks" of all matter in universe. 

What is an atom?

100

Forces are measured in _________. Named after the scientist who contributed concepts like gravity. 

What is Newtons?

100

This is the thinnest layer of the earth. 

What is the crust?

100

Name three states in the USA.

Any of the 50 states would be correct. 

100

This means you have a lot of "charisma" in gen z lingo.

What is "rizz"?

200

The periodic table has this many elements.

What is 118?

200

In a game of tug of war, if no one is winning, we would consider the forces to be ____________. 

What is balanced?

200

This is the only liquid layer of earth. 

What is the outer core?

200

A figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as".

What is a metaphor?

200

This popular toy caused mass hysteria at stores in 1996. This little red toy sold out quickly, caused in store violence, and scalpers reselling at about 30x the original price. 

What is the "Tickle-Me-Elmo" doll?

300

In a density column the items that are more dense will _____ and the items that are less dense will _____.

What is sink and float?

300

This force is due to mass and distance between objects. We feel its effects constantly on Earth, but would feel less on the moon. 

What is gravity?

300

This is the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer. 

What is the stratosphere?

300
This is what a fraction is called that has the numerator greater than the denominator.

What is an improper fraction?

300

This popular game allows players to explore, gather resources, and use building blocks to create anything you imagine. 

What is minecraft?

400

Salt water is considered a ________ mixture since it is evenly distributed. Chex mix is a great example of a ___________ mixture since its components are easily distinguished from each other. 

What is homogeneous and heterogeneous?
400

This is the net force when 3 people are pushing a large desk north across the room and each of them exerts 25 N of force.

What is 75 N north?

400

These are the layers of the atmosphere in order from most dense to least dense. 

What is troposhere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere?

400

These are the TWO countries that border the United States. 

What are Mexico and Canada? 

400

This unexpected hit movie was released in 1977, earned over $775 million worldwide, and sparked one of the biggest movie franchises of all time. 

What is Star Wars? (A New Hope)

500

Give one example of a chemical change and one example of a physical change. 

Chemical could be - iron rusting, food rotting, baking soda and vinegar making bubbles, baking cookies, etc.

Physical could be - cutting the grass, tearing paper, boiling water, melting butter. 

500

For every action there is an equal and opposite __________. This is from _________ _______ Law. 

What is reaction, Newton's, Third?

500

These are the 3 earth spheres interacting when an earthquake causes a tsunami that floods ecosystems. 

What are the geosphere, hydrosphere, and the biosphere. 

500

This is the year the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. 

What is 1776?

500

This gen z saying would translate to "Listen closely friends, don't become angry and give up or lose control!

What is "Lock in chat, don't rage quit or crash out!"