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Earth Science SOL Review 2016
Earth Science SOL Review 2016
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What is a Mesocyclone?
A massive cloud
A layer in the atmosphere
A spinning column that eventually can touch the ground
Heavy Rain
2
The theory that states eight planets in our solar system were a result of the sun's formation
Heliocentric Theory
Big Bang
Lunar Theory
Solar Nebula Theory
3
What is the depression on the map?
Borders of counties
How high a mountain is
A deep hole underground
They represent Caves, Volcanic craters, and sink holes
4
What is the oldest area in Virginia?
App. plateau
Coastal Plain
Valley and Ridge
Blue Ridge Mountains
5
Where are most earthquakes and volcano's found?
Plate Boundaries
Core of Earth
Trenches
California and Wyoming
6
What directions do Latitude (Lat) and Longitude (Long) point towards?
Lat and Long deal with the length and width of earth.
Lat:North and South Long:East and West
Lat: East and West Long:North and South
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What map is over exaggerated (distorted) due to the North and South Latitude?
Mercator Projection
Polyconic Projection
Gnomonic Projection
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What is an Lunar Eclipse?
When sun self destructs.
When the a day last for a year.
The earth blocks the sunlight that is reflected by the moon.
When the moon covers the sunlight from the earth.
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What is the Orpheus Theory?
The theory of the moons collision with earth.
Another word for the "Big Bang Theory"
Dinosaur Extinction
Something that happened 4.5 billion years ago.
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What measures air pressure?
Wind vane
Barometer
Hygrometer
Anemometer
11
What type of galaxy is the Milky way?
Irregular
Spiral
Elliptical
Constellations
12
What is a Hydrometer?
A colorless highly pungent solution of hydrogen chloride.
An instrument that measures density of liquids.
A triple beam balance the find mass in grams
Energy that can be captured and turned into electricity.
13
How do you classify a Mineral?
Naturally occurring and Inorganic
Taste and Smell
The strength of the mineral
Solid and structure
14
What is determined by multiplying length and width?
Density
Mass
Area
Metric System
15
How to find the volume of a regular shaped object?
Length x Width x Height
Width x Height x Length
Density=Mass/Volume
E ²=(mc ²) ²+(pc) ²
16
What phase of the moon is this?
Waxing Gibbous
Solar Eclipse
New Moon
Full Moon
17
How many tides occur daily?
4
96
1
1000
18
Where is the Asteroid belt located?
Between Neptune and Uranus
Saturn's Ring
Outside of the observable universe
Between Mars and Jupitar
19
What do you look for when trying to identify a mineral?
Shine and Hardness
Shine and Streak
Cleavage and Streak
Breakage
20
What are the outer planets classified?
O Zone planets
Stars
Terrestrial Planets
Gas Giants
21
which of these term means "the ability to transmit water"
Impermeable
Drinkable
Porosity
Permeability
22
Which one is
not
a special Property?
Double Refraction
Tatse
Density
Magnetism
23
What happens when Metamorphic rocks melt?
Turn into Magma
Turns into igneous rock
Turn into sediments
Turns into sedimentary rock
24
What is Mass?
Church service
A planet
The distance from one point to another.
The measure of the amount of matter in an object.
25
The most dense layer of the sun where fusion takes place is?
Core
Chomosphere
Photosphere
Sun spots
26
The projection that shows the Latitude and Longitude lines slightly curved is the?
Polyconic
projection mapping
Gnomonic
Mercator
27
What does King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk stand for?
The planets in order starting from the closest to the sun
The stages of the water cycle
King Henry likes his milk
The Units in the Metric System
28
What kind of wave won't travel through liquid?
S-waves
P-waves
L-waves
Ocean waves
29
What divides earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere?
Equator
Gnomonic Projection
Prime Meridian
DMZ
30
Which of these minerals is non renewable?
Pyrite
Graphite
All 3
Sulfur
