SOL Warm-up Quiz 8

Unit 2: This image represents prevailing winds moving over a coastal mountain range. Letters A through D represent locations on Earth’s surface. .Which location will most likely have the least annual precipitation?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Unit 1: Earth Science student hypothesized that water from infrequently used drinking fountains contain more chemical impurities than water from frequently used drinking fountains. At the same time of day, students used a water test kit to measure the impurities found at different drinking fountains in the school. What is the Independent Variable in this experiment?

• The different locations of each drinking fountain tested

• The water test kit

• The time of day

• The amount of water in each sample tested.

Unit 6: Human activities are responsible for generating _________ that traps heat in the atmosphere.

• Argon

• Sulfur Dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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Unit 4: Drag and drop the boxes in to the correct rock type (not all rocks will be used). Only select the rocks that are either Intrusive or Extrusive Igneous rocks

Intrusive​ (a)   ​

Extrusive ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Granite
• Obsidian
• Basalt
• Pumice
• Schist
• Limestone

Unit 6: Which conditions would most likely cause a lowering of the water table?

• Extended drought over the recharge zone

• Decreased runoff due to planting of trees

• Increased runoff due to construction of new roads

• Slower evaporation of heavy rainfall

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Unit 4: Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is-

• Less dense and made of only Basalt

• Less dense and more granitic

• More dense and more granitic

• More dense and more felsic

Unit 7: This image is a graph of tidal sea-level changes at a coastal city. The number of hours from one high tide to the next high tide is approximately-

• 4 hrs

• 8 hrs

• 12 hrs

• 24 hrs

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Unit 8: Fossils were found in each numbered layer in this geologic cross-section. Which layer would contain the youngest fossils?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

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What characteristic is shared by all the planets in our solar system?

• The direction of revolution around the sun

• a 23.5 degree axial tilt

• A Rocky silicate lithosphere

• The same percentages of atmospheric gases

Unit 5: Which of these is evidence that North America and Africa collided as Pangea formed 270 MYA?

• Chesapeake Bay

• The Great Dismal Swamp

• Florida

• The Appalachian Mountains

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