SOL Review 2

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

• The inner planets all have water
• the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets
• the outer planets are gas planets
• the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

Who made it to space first?

• U.S.S.R

• United States

• China

• Smith Station High School

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?

• Sputnik I

• Apollo 11

• Friendship 7

• Vostok I

HOW DID THE U.S. WIN THE SPACE RACE?  

• LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE 
• LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE
• THE 1ST ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
• JOHN GLENN ORBITING THE EARTH

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

• using bottled water
• burning fossil fuels
• texting on cellphones
• eating meat

A student is studying the heating and cooling of Earth's temperatures in the atmosphere. Even with the average temperature increasing now, what can they expect in the future?

• Temperatures will continue to rise, risking the safety of most living things

• After the temperatures reach a peak, they will fall into a cooling trend

• After the temperatures begin a cooling trend, they will never rise to this level again

• Temperatures will abruptly fall, risking the life of things near the poles

What three bodies of water do Virginia's watersheds lead to

• Chesapeake Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

• North Carolina Sounds

• Atlantic Ocean

When the water rises to high in a river is flows into the __________________.

• divide

• tributary

• Flood plain

• estuary

___________ is the color of powdered mineral.

• Luster
• Streak
• Fracture