VA SOL EARTH SCIENCE 9TH GRADE

Which of the following puts the steps of a scientific experiment in the

correct order?

• A 2, 1, 3, 4

• B 4, 2, 3, 1

• C 2, 1, 4, 3

• D 2, 3, 1, 4

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The chart shows the Mohs scale for measuring the hardness of minerals. A

mineral that can scratch fluorite and can be scratched by orthoclase is able

to

• A

  scratch both calcite and quartz

• B: be scratched by both calcite and quartz

• C: scratch calcite and be scratched by quartz

• D: be scratched by calcite

Cyanite, quartz, and leucite

may be grouped together because they all

contain

• F aluminum

• G carbon

• H potassium

• J silicon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

when existing rocks are buried deep and are heated by a nearby source of magma

• heat and pressure

• eroision

allows crystals to form

heat and pre

• cooling and hardening

• heat and pressure

occurs when large sediments are glued together by minerals deposited between the

sediments.

• Cementation

• melting

when rocks are buried deep enough to be melted back into magma

• melting

• cooling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

are small pieces of loose materials such as rock fragments, mineral grains, and bits of plant

and animal remains.

• melting

• Sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

occurs when small sediments stick together to form solid rock.

• Compaction

• Cementation

is the laying down of rock forming material from any natural process

• Deposition

• sediments