SOL Remediation 2025

There are many minerals that are mined in Virginia, and one of the most commonly mined minerals is quartz.

• glass

• medicine

• concrete

• energy

Answer explanation

Quartz and sand can both be melted to make glass.

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match the mineral to its use

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

quartz

gypsum

slate

bauxite

iron

copper

talc

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match the mineral to its use.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

galena

silicon

magnetite

gold

sulfur

talc

quartz

gypsum

fluorite

calcite

Answer explanation

galena is lead - it's used in lead-acid batteries, which are most often car batteries now. Household use batteries are almost always lithium-ion.

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This is the mineral used as pencil lead

• lead

• graphite

• calcite

• talc

Mining destroys habitats and produces waste that pollutes the land, water, and air. To deal with this, mines that have been completely depleted  need to be returned to a natural state. What is tis process called?

• mine retirement

• mine reclamation

• renaturalization

• reforestation

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Sort the energy resources into renewable and nonrenewable

Groups:

(a) Renewable

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(b) Nonrenewable

• Solar

• Natural Gas

• Nuclear

• Hydroelectric

• Coal

• Wind

Answer explanation

"renewable" resources are those that can be replenished quickly or don't run out when utilized.

Renewables like wind, moving water, and sunlight don't run out when utilized. Biofuels do run out when used but can be grown pretty quickly.

Nonrenewables like coal and oil are "fossil fuels" because they're made of fossils. Since fossils take millions of years to form, and the fuel runs out when used, they are not renewable.

Nuclear is not renewable because nuclear fusion breaks the atom apart.

Karst topography is related to which type of rock?

• conglomerate

• shale

• granite

• limestone

Which of these features are associated with Karst topography? Select all that apply.

• lots of caves

• sinkholes

• lots of permeable soils

• large coal deposits

The space race was an informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from the 50s to the 70s. Match the technology, mission, or agency to its nation.

Groups:

(a) USSR (Soviet Union)

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(b) USA

• Apollo Missions

• NASA
• first man (and woman) in space

• first man on the moon

• sputnik (first man made satellite in orbit)

• Mir Space Station

• Yuri Gagarin

• Project Mercury

The moon has a stronger influence on Earth's tides because the moon -

• is denser than the sun

• has more mass than the sun

• is much closer to earth

• moves much faster relative to earth

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