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Earth Science - SOL Review VA1
Earth Science - SOL Review VA1
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Review for the VA state 9th grade Earth Science test.
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1
What is this?
Milky Way
Solar System
Alpha Centauri
Elliptical Galaxy
2
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
Lignite
Anthracite
Bituminous Coal
Charcoal
3
What type of rocks are fossils found in?
Sedimentary
Cemetery
Igneous
Metamorphic
4
What is the most valuable natural resource found in Virginia?
Coal
Nuclear Power
Gravel
Forest (lumber)
5
The soil profile's top layer, Layer "O", is mainly composed of ~
Top Soil
Humus
Microorganisms
Parent Material
6
Convection in ocean water, Earth's mantle, and in the atmosphere is driven when ~
Warm mass sinks and cold mass rises
Warm mass rises and cold mass sinks
Earth's spinning churns the mass up
Warm and Cold masses expand
7
Middlesex County and Norfolk are located in what physiographic province of Virginia?
River Basin
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Appalachian Plateau
8
What is the formula to calculate mass, density, or volume?
M = V x D
M = V / D
D = V / M
V = D / M
9
Our solar system formed from a solar nebula about ~
4.6 million years ago
4.6 trillion years ago
46,000 years ago
4.6 billion years ago
10
A hypothesis states that movement of material inside Earth’s core and Earth’s rotation produces
Wind
Magnetic feilds
Tides
Waves
11
What type of tectonic plate boundary would be found at location "X"?
Transform Fault
Divergent
Rift Valley
Convergent
12
The main component of smog (atmospheric pollution), that comes from transportation is ~
Gasoline Fumes
Carbon Monoxide
Nitrogen
Carbon Dioxide
13
Weather systems in the United States generally move ~
West to East
North to South
South to North
East to West
14
Waves on the ocean are usually generated by ~
Earthquakes
Convection
Earth's spin on its axis
Wind
15
A scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested to support or reject it ~
Natural Law
Theory
Hypothesis
Observation
16
When 50% of pure Uranium 235 turns to daughter material, lead 207, it has decayed ~
Into plutonium
Into nuclear grade uranium
One half-life
because of current high CO2 levels in the atmosphere
17
The RED ARROWS are pointing at what wind system?
Polar Easterlies
Tradewinds
Equatorial Highs
Westerlies
18
Which of the following is not a natural resource?
National Park
Lumber
Gravel roads
Weeds and bushes
19
During what phase of the moon do Neap Tides occur?
Waxing and Waning Cresent
New Moon and Full Moon
1st and 3rd Quarter
Waxing and Waning Gibbous
20
In which geologic time did the first fish evolve?
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
21
What is located at 0 degrees longitude?
North Pole
International Dateline
Equator
Prime Meridian
22
Where is the North Pole located?
180oN latitude
90oN longitude
0oN latitude
90oN latitude
23
Traveling from Jupiter to Venus in a spacecraft, you will have to travel through the ~
Kuiper Belt
Interstellar Nebula
Oort Cloud
Asteroid Belt
24
Which letter represents the Zone of Saturation?
A
D
C
B
25
Approximately when was Pangaea a super continent?
225 million years ago
225 billion years ago
225 thousand years ago
2.25 billion years ago
26
Nuclear power plants generate power from the process of ~
Radioactive Decay
Nuclear Fusion
Particle Collision
Nuclear Fission
27
Virginia has karst topography which produce sinkholes, which province is this mainly found in?
Blue Ridge
Valley and Ridge
Coastal Plains
Piedmont
28
Earthquakes are caused by rapid release of what type energy, stored in rock under great forces?
Thermal
Elastic
Mechanical
Kinetic
29
What mineral is also known as "Fool's Gold"?
Pyrite
Galena
Muscovite
Mica
30
When is the Sun directly above the equator?
Equinox
Tropic of Cancer
Summer Soltice
Winter Soltice