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WorksheetsEarth Science SOL Review III
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
2.
Identify the soil horizon:
Subsoil reddish brown in color; made mostly of clay; rich in minerals and nutrients
Subsoil reddish brown in color; made mostly of clay; rich in minerals and nutrients
a)
O horizon
b)
A horizon
c)
B horizon
d)
C horizon
3.
________ is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means
a)
chemical weathering
b)
Mechanical weathering
c)
Erosion
d)
Deposition
4.
What is the youngest province?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge
d)
Appalachian Plateau
5.
Which Virginia province is seen on this map?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Blue Ridge
d)
Appalachian Plateau
6.
Which mineral property is being shown here?
a)
luster
b)
hardness
c)
cleavage
d)
streak
7.
How do Intrusive Igneous rocks cool?
a)
quickly
b)
slowly
c)
really fast
8.
Where do we find Granite?
a)
ocean floor
b)
deserts
c)
mountains
d)
valleys
9.
Two ways to describe types of igneous rocks are _____
a)
Extrusive and Intrusive
b)
Foliated and Non-Foliated
c)
Clastic and Biochemical
d)
Black and Gray
10.
What is sedimentary?
a)
Formed by heat and pressure
b)
Formed by heat and cooling
c)
Layered rock formed by compaction
d)
All of the above
11.
A curve or bend in a river.
a)
Meander
b)
Aquifer
c)
Oxbow Lake
d)
Spring
12.
Landforms created by dissolving minerals such as limestone, which result in caves and sinkholes
a)
Glaciers
b)
Watersheds
c)
Karst Topography
d)
Floodplains
13.
Earth, the sun and billions of stars are contained within the
a)
Andromeda Galaxy
b)
Milky Way Galaxy
c)
Sombrero Galaxy
d)
Orion Constellation
14.
Which country launched the first artificial satellite?
a)
USSR/Soviet Union
b)
USA
c)
Canada
d)
Japan
15.
Which property controls whether a star will become a Giant star or Supergiant star after the Main Sequence stage?
a)
Mass
b)
Color
c)
Shape
d)
Composition
16.
What is designed and built to transport people and cargo between Earth and space?
a)
space rocket
b)
space shuttle
c)
space probe
d)
telescope
17.
_____ are underwater, cone-shaped volcanic mountains.
a)
Guyots
b)
Currents
c)
Seamounts
d)
Appalachians
18.
The theory of _____ suggests that the Earth is separated into large sections, called plates.
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Big Bang
c)
Continental Drift
d)
Big Plate
19.
The ____ is all of the Earth's water, including oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Stratosphere
20.
What is the large landmass that broke up and drifted to form our present day continents?
a)
Pangaea
b)
Atlantis
c)
Eurasia
d)
Supernova
21.
What type of front does this symbol represent?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
22.
Warm air mass that does not carry water:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
23.
Which clouds spread out in layers across the sky and can produce days of light precipitation?
a)
cumulus
b)
nimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
24.
A mineral that is mined for profit is considered a/an?
a)
Mineral
b)
Element
c)
Rock
d)
Ore
25.
Which of the following is NOT something reasonable we can do to lessen global climate change?
a)
Reduce greenhouse gasses.
b)
Immediately eliminate the use of all fossil fuels.
c)
Improve energy efficiency.
d)
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
26.
The core is mostly made up mostly of which elements?
a)
Oxygen and Silicon
b)
Silicon and Magnesium
c)
Nickel and Iron
d)
Iron and Magnesium
27.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
28.
Which is one of the three most common elements in Earth's crust?
a)
Calcium
b)
Sodium
c)
Silicon
d)
Quartz
29.
What type of rock is shown in this picture?
a)
Sedimentary Rock
b)
Metamorphic Rock
c)
Igneous Rock
30.
Which process of the water cycle is occurring at 2 (water leaving plants)?
a)
Transpiration
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Runoff
31.
Who was the very first astronaut to ever step foot on the moon?
a)
Yuri A. Gargarin
b)
Alan B. Sheppard
c)
John Glenn
d)
Neil Armstrong
32.
Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...
a)
relative time
b)
absolute time
c)
half-lives
d)
time of day
33.
Which type of rock is always formed after the process of compaction and cementation?
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
d)
Obsidian
34.
Deforestation on a large scale is very dangerous. Large tree roots hold soil and sediment in place. Without trees to hold soil in place the sediment would wash away and could cause floods and landslides. This is an example of:
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Flash Flooding
35.
____________ is the one thing you change in each of your trials to get a different result each time.
a)
Independent Variable
b)
Dependent Variable
c)
Control Group
36.
Name the phase of the moon for letter f
a)
Waning Gibbous
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Crescent
37.
Height above sea level
a)
Elevation
b)
Relief
c)
Vertical leap
d)
Atmosphere
38.
This picture represents day and night. What is the motion?
a)
Revolution
b)
Orbit
c)
Rotation
d)
Axis
39.
A shooting star is actually a...
a)
Comet
b)
Meteoroid
c)
Meteorite
d)
Meteor
40.
The label L indicates an area of low —
a)
pressure
b)
rainfall
c)
temperatures
d)
altitudes
41.
Which layer of the soil profile would be affected the most by weathering and
erosion?
erosion?
a)
3
b)
1
c)
2
d)
4
42.
The ______is between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter.
a)
solar system
b)
asteroid belt
c)
terrestrial planets
d)
photosphere
43.
The amount of time it takes Earth to spin on its axis is called
a)
an hour
b)
a month
c)
a day
d)
a year
44.
The idea that the sun is in the center of the solar system.
a)
geocentric
b)
astronomy
c)
heliocentric
d)
universal centrism
45.
Which statement is an inference about this picture?
a)
The van is tan.
b)
The van ran into KFC.
c)
The driver was hungry.
d)
Red and white are part of the KFC building.
46.
The tropical winds running from 0 to 30 degrees latitude are called:
a)
subtropical westerlies
b)
polar westerlies
c)
trade winds
d)
polar winds
47.
El Nino occurs when the tropical ocean waters are warmer in which ocean?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Indian
c)
Pacific
d)
Arctic
48.
What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?
a)
polar, temperate, tropical
b)
tropical, temperate, polar
c)
temperate, polar, tropical
d)
temperate, tropical, polar
49.
Which of the following correctly lists the layers in order from oldest to youngest?
a)
A, B, C, D, E
b)
E, B, C, D, A
c)
E, D, C, B, A
d)
C, B, A, D, E
50.
Oceanic crust is made of____________________.
a)
granite that is very dense
b)
basalt that is less dense than continental crust
c)
basalt and is denser than continental crust
d)
andesite not very dense
51.
Volcanoes that are NOT found at plate boundaries occur in the middle of plates in areas called ___________.
a)
hot spots
b)
mid-ocean ridges
c)
fissure volcanoes
d)
shield volcanoes
52.
The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
a)
crust
b)
plates
c)
directions
d)
seismos
53.
What are ways farmers can conserve soil?
a)
contour plowing
b)
crop rotation
c)
conservation plowing
d)
all of the above
54.
This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California
a)
New Madrid
b)
Denali Fault
c)
Ramapo Seismic Zone
d)
San Andreas
55.
Which wave is this...
a)
Surface Wave
b)
Primary Wave
c)
Secondary Wave
56.
What is the volume of Spongebob Squarepants based on the displacement of the water in the graduated cylinder.
a)
50mL
b)
52mL
c)
102mL
d)
2mL
57.
What is the first step in the scientific method?
a)
Make an observation
b)
Design and conduct an experiment
c)
Make an hypothesis
d)
Share your results
58.
Contour lines that are very close together indicate the land is _______________
a)
gentle/gradual
b)
a forest
c)
steep
d)
a swamp
59.
Which topographic map matches formation C?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
60.
Determine the contour interval
a)
10 m
b)
20 m
c)
50 m
d)
100 m
61.
Harry Hess used what kind of technology to map the bottom of the ocean?
a)
Boat
b)
Meter Stick
c)
Radar
d)
Sonar
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