SOL Warm-Up Quiz 9

Unit 5: In which of these general areas would you expect volcanoes to occur? 

• Areas with limestone formations and water flowing underground 

• Near areas of tectonic plate subduction such as the Pacific’s Ring of Fire 

• Near continental-continental boundaries where mountain-building occurs

•  At all kinds of tectonic plate boundaries

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Unit 6: In which of these general areas would you expect sinkholes to occur? 

• Divergent tectonic plate boundaries such as mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts 

• Anywhere there are slopes 

• Areas with limestone formations and water flowing underground 

• Near tectonic plate boundaries involving subduction, such as the Pacific’s Ring of Fire

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Unit 3: Which of the following is true about the Earth’s axis, the Earth’s revolution around the Sun, and the seasons? 

• Changes in the direction of the Earth’s axis cause the seasons 

• The Earth’s axis keeps pointing in the same direction, and as Earth travels around the Sun, the angle between the axis and the Sun changes, causing the seasons. 

• Seasons are caused by the Earth’s elliptical orbit and its being closer to the Sun in January than it is in July 

• Seasons are caused by the position of the moon relative to the Sun

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Unit 4: Foliations, or parallel bands of minerals, are typical of what kind of rocks? 

• Intrusive igneous rocks 

• Chemical sedimentary rocks 

• Clastic sedimentary rocks 

• Metamorphic rocks

Unit 8: What appears to have occurred at the area labeled B?

• Sediment was deposited on sloped ground.

• Sediment was deposited on sloped ground that later became level.

• Sediment was deposited on level ground that later tilted.

• Sediment was deposited on level ground that stayed level.

Unit 4: Cyanite (Al₂SiO₅), quartz (SiO₂), and leucite (KAlSi₂O₆) may be grouped together because they all contain -

• aluminum

• carbon

• potassium

• silicon

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Unit 5: Caves are found in Virginia's Valley and Ridge province because the area is underlain by what type of chemical sedimentary rock?

• granite

• shale

• gneiss

• limestone

Unit 7: Seawater is typically denser than freshwater due to seawater's -

• higher salinity

• lower freezing point

• smaller mass

• greater depth

Unit 2: The label L indicates an area of-

• Low temperatures

• Low pressure

• Low altitude

• Low rainfall

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Unit 2: The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph northeast wind and a high temperature of 52 degrees. What three instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction?

• anemometer, wind vane, thermometer

• barometer, hygrometer, wind vane

• thermometer, satellite image, hygrometer

• wind vane, satellite image, barometer

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