VA SOL Earth Science

5th Grade VA SOL review

use the study guides and complete the questions

Multiple Choice

Sound waves travel the FASTEST through _____________.

• gases
• liquids
• solids

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______________ is the amount of energy in a sound wave.

• Amplitude
• Echo
• Volume
• Vibration

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An ________ is a reflected sound.

• Vibration
• Echo
• Pitch
• Volume

Multiple Choice

Which is translucent?

• tissue paper
• air
• wood
• clear plastic

Multiple Choice

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Multiple Choice

When an oceanic plate is subducted under a continental plate, a deep valley is formed in the ocean. What is this valley called? 

• a trench
• a rift zone
• ocean spreading ridge
• Continental crust

Multiple Choice

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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Which section of Earth is composed primarily of liquid metal?

• crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

Multiple Choice

Which layers of Earth are mostly made of solid material?

• inner core and outer core
• crust and inner core
• crust and mantle
• mantle and outer core
  

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the constant movement of ocean water that is caused by the patterns of wind and water density

• Ocean Current

• Continental Drift

• Land Before Time

• Zooplankton

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gently sloping shelf of land extending from the shoreline to the continental edge

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

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Warm water surface current located on the coast (Gulf of Mexico)

• Gulf Stream

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Density

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As depth increases..........

• Things become shallow

• temperature decreases, pressure increases, and light decreases

• It is more salty

• An Ocean Current

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Which word descries how deep the water is in a given location

• Ocean Trench

• Sediment

• Depth

• Abyssal Plain

Multiple Choice

The energy in the food chain comes from the...

• air

• water

• sun

• ocean

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Why is it harder for the boy in Image B to get down the hill?

• Motion
• Friction
• Work
• Displacement

Multiple Choice

What is this called?

• refraction
• reflection
• reconstroction
• retraction

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_____?_____ materials allow light waves to pass through easily.

• Opaque
• Transparent
• Translucent

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_____?______ materials do not allow light waves to pass through.

• Opaque
• Transparent
• Translucent

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An animal that eats other animals is a/an....

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

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Tyler does a report about objects in motion for science class. He gives examples of animals, people, cars, and airplanes as objects that can be in motion. Which of the following statements can Tyler include in his report about motion?

• All objects in motion are accelerating.

• Gravity has no effect on objects in motion.

• Motion is the change of position of an object.

• Objects in motion always change their direction.

Multiple Choice

Pete likes to play the drums. When he strikes the drum with a drumstick, a sound is made. Which of these explains why sound is produced?

• The drumstick vibrates the air.

• The drum absorbs energy from the air.

• The drum transfers vibrations into the air.

• The drum releases potential energy into the air.

Multiple Choice

Kofi wants to know how two magnets behave when they are together. The magnets below show her experiment.

What must be true of the magnets shown?

• The poles of the magnet attract each other

• The poles of the magnet repel each other

• The two poles are opposites, south and north.

• The two poles are opposites, north and south.

Multiple Choice

Wind, water, and ice are involved in both weathering and erosion. However, weathering and erosion are two different processes. Which sentence below states a difference between weathering and erosion?

• Erosion moves rocks to a new location.

• Weathering moves rocks from place to place.

• Erosion breaks down rocks but doesn't move them.

• Weathering moves rocks without breaking them down.

Multiple Choice

Sheila is classifying the rocks in her collection. She knows that limestone often contains fossils. In which category of rock should she classify these rocks?

• igneous

• granite

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explains why we have night and day?

• the phase of the moon

• the rotation of Earth on its axis

• the revolution of Earth around the sun

• the alignment of planets

Multiple Choice

You use this instrument to measure temperature.

• sieve

• hot plate

• anemometer

• thermometer

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Which 2 kinds of particles make up the nucleus of an atom?

• electrons and neutrons
• electrons and nuclei
• protons and neutrons
• protons and kryptons

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I am 2 or more elements chemically bonded.

• atom
• molecule
• compound
• mixture

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I am the smallest whole particle of matter. 

• atom
• compound
• molecule
• mixture

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A state of matter that has a definite volume and shape.

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• matter

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Something that takes up space and has mass.

• volume
• matter
• mass
• density

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A fungus is found growing on dead leaves on the forest floor. The fungus is an example of

• decomposer

• carnivore

• predator

• producer

Multiple Choice

What kind of data does a Quantitative graph have?

• Senses

• Numbers

• Animals

• Colors