Earth Science SOL Review Questions

• Mars is between the Moon and Sun
• the Moon is between the Earth and Sun
• the Earth is between the Moon and Sun
• Venus is between the Moon and Sun

• a high powered microscope
• a disposable piece of talc
• a glass plate
• A rough, white ceramic tile

• luster
• color
• cleavage
• streak

• pyrite and mica
• topaz and talc
• diamonds and mica
• quartzite and slate

• origin
• mass
• mineral content
• color

• Moon passes in the Sun's shadow
• the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow.
• when there is a full moon
• when there is a new moon

• A barometer and a balance
• <p>Metric ruler and a metal detector</p>
• A density probe and a 500 mL Beaker
• A graduated cylinder and a balance

• alternating layers of silica and aluminum
• weak bonds between flat layers
• stron covalent bonds
• metallic bonds between all elements present

• are not aligned
• form a rectangle
• are aligned
• form a right angle

• Scientific Hypotheses
• Scientific Inquiries
• Scientific Laws
• Scientific Theories

• fluorite
• calcite
• talc
• gypsum

• magnetism
• cleavage
• fracture
• streak

• sedimentary rocks
• metamorphic rocks
• lava or magma
• intrusive igneous rocks

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• Empty choice
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• batteries
• medicines
• pencils
• soda cans

• metamorphic
• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• sedimentary

• 8
• Unknown
• 7
• 7.5

• oxides and carbonates
• oxygen and silicon
• halite and coal
• aluminum and potassium

• 100.1 g/cm3
• 10 g/cm3
• 1,000 g/cm3
• 0.001 g/cm3

• Ice crystals melt
• Water condenses
• <p>evaporation</p>
• <p>generates wind</p>

• ancient
• sedimentary
• metamorphic
• igneous

• intrusive igneous rock
• non-organic metamorphic
• organic sedimentary
• clastic sedimentary rock

• 45 mL
• 43 cm3
• 43 mL
• 44 cm3

• a great insight
• information is gathered
• an experiment is conducted
• data is analyzed

• streak
• luster
• hardness
• color

• Igneous
• Clastic Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• An ore

• Radiosone
• Thermometer
• Barometer
• Anemometer

• Silicates
• Gems
• Ores
• Gold

• foliated igneous
• clastic metamorphic
• unfoliated metamorphic
• foliated metamorphic

• clastic sedimentary
• extrusive igneous
• non-foliated metamorphic
• intrusive igneous

• gypsum
• fluorite
• sulfur
• talc

• diamond, gypsum, quartz
• talc, gypsum, calcite
• apatite, orthoclase, corundum
• calcite, quartz, topaz

• Stratosphere and Mesosphere
• Troposphere and Thermosphere
• Troposhere, Stratosphere, Mesophere
• Troposphere and Stratosphere

• quickly / large
• slowly/ large
• quickly / small
• slowly / small

• a large object from space hitting the Earth
• the increase in numbers of mammals
• plate tectonics
• the appearance of man

• conduction
• <p>radiation</p>
• convection
• sublimation

• red
• half white
• all white
• dark

• vertical axis and its circular orbit
• rotation and position in the Solar System
• rotation and revolution around the Sun
• tilted axis and its elliptical orbit

• luster
• hardness
• color
• composition

• 2.1 g/cm3
• 0.7 g/cm3
• <p>1.4 g/cm3</p>
• There is not enough information to calculate the density

• foliated or nonfoliated
• clastic or organic
• compaction and cementation
• intrusive or extrusive

• the fossil record
• inference of many scientists
• repeated experimental trials
• the design of an intelligent creator

• gypsum
• calcite
• talc
• feldspar

• parallel to the parent rock
• depends on the local topography
• horizontally
• vertically

• Anemometer
• Psychrometer
• Barometer
• Wind Vane

• Thunderstorm
• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Blizzard

• changes in atmospheric gas composition
• changes in atmospheric pressure
• changes in global wind pattern
• changes in direction of the magnetic poles

• sandstone
• conglomerate
• obsidian
• limestone

• Pyrite
• Calcite
• Copper
• Bauxite

• Isotherms
• Isobars
• Fronts
• Plates