Earth Science SOL 2015

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Sequence
Number

Item Type:
Multiple
Choice
(MC) or
Technology-
Enhanced
Item (TEI)

Correct Answer
Reporting
Category
Reporting Category Description

1

MC

D

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

2

MC

A

002

Earth and Space Systems

3

MC

A

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

4

MC

C

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

5

MC

B

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

6

MC

B

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

7

TEI

Answers must be placed in the correct order from left to right.
1: Large Gravel; 2: Sand Grains; 3: Clay-Sized Particles

003

Earth Materials and Processes

Earth Science
Released Test Item Set Spring 2015
Answer Key

Earth Science

Page 1

Sequence
Number

Item Type:
Multiple
Choice
(MC) or
Technology-
Enhanced
Item (TEI)

Correct Answer
Reporting
Category
Reporting Category Description

8

TEI

Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom.
Chemical Sedimentary; Metamorphic; Organic Sedimentary; Intrusive Igneous

003

Earth Materials and Processes

9

MC

D

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

10

MC

D

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

11

MC

B

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

12

MC

C

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

13

MC

A

002

Earth and Space Systems

14

MC

A

002

Earth and Space Systems

15

MC

C

002

Earth and Space Systems

16

MC

D

003

Earth Materials and Processes

17

MC

C

003

Earth Materials and Processes

Earth Science

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Sequence
Number

Item Type:
Multiple
Choice
(MC) or
Technology-
Enhanced
Item (TEI)

Correct Answer
Reporting
Category
Reporting Category Description

18

MC

A

002

Earth and Space Systems

19

MC

C

002

Earth and Space Systems

20

MC

C

002

Earth and Space Systems

21

MC

B

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

22

MC

C

003

Earth Materials and Processes

23

MC

C

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

24

MC

B

003

Earth Materials and Processes

25

MC

D

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

26

MC

C

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

27

MC

A

003

Earth Materials and Processes

Earth Science

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Sequence
Number

Item Type:
Multiple
Choice
(MC) or
Technology-
Enhanced
Item (TEI)

Correct Answer
Reporting
Category
Reporting Category Description

28

TEI

Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom, left to right:
Continental Shelf; Continental Slope; Continental Rise; Abyssal Plain

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

29

MC

B

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

30

MC

A

003

Earth Materials and Processes

31

MC

B

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

32

MC

D

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

33

MC

B

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

34

MC

C

002

Earth and Space Systems

35

MC

B

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

Earth Science

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Sequence
Number

Item Type:
Multiple
Choice
(MC) or
Technology-
Enhanced
Item (TEI)

Correct Answer
Reporting
Category
Reporting Category Description

36

TEI

Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom:
First Humans; First Birds; First Fish; First Bacteria

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

37

MC

D

005

Earth Resources and Human Interactions

38

MC

D

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

39

MC

A

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

40

MC

B

003

Earth Materials and Processes

Earth Science

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Sequence
Number

Item Type:
Multiple
Choice
(MC) or
Technology-
Enhanced
Item (TEI)

Correct Answer
Reporting
Category
Reporting Category Description

41

TEI

Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom:
Sand 1; Shale 2; Shale 8

001

Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science

42

MC

D

002

Earth and Space Systems

Earth Science

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Sequence
Number

Item Type:
Multiple
Choice
(MC) or
Technology-
Enhanced
Item (TEI)

Correct Answer
Reporting
Category
Reporting Category Description

43

TEI

Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom:
The Big Bang; Birth of the Earliest Star; Formation of the Sun; Origin of Life on
Earth

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

44

MC

B

002

Earth and Space Systems

45

MC

D

004

Cosmology, Origins, and Time

Earth Science

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