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Printable 6th grade science test on soil, weathering, and erosion with vocabulary word bank of 27 earth science terms.
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Soil and Weathering Test

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This comprehensive 6th grade science test covers soil formation, weathering processes, erosion, and soil conservation with 27 vocabulary words provided. Questions include fill-in-the-blank, true/false, short answer, and extended response items on topics like mechanical weathering, the Dust Bowl, bedrock, humus, and the principle of uniformitarianism. Useful for unit tests, cumulative assessments, or homework review.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
6th Grade
Updated July 2026

Word Bank

  • abrasion
  • Bedrock
  • conservation plowing
  • crop rotation
  • Decomposers
  • Deposition
  • Dust Bowl
  • Erosion
  • fertility
  • Gravity
  • Humus
  • ice wedging
  • loam
  • mass movement
  • mechanical weathering
  • natural resource
  • oxidation
  • Permeable
  • sediment
  • sod
  • Soil
  • Soil conservation
  • soil horizon
  • subsoil
  • topsoil
  • uniformitarianism
  • Weathering

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