Free Printable SOL Review 2

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SOL Review 2

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name

Class

Date

One of the main differences between the outer and inner planets is __________.

The inner planets all have water

the inner planets are much bigger than the outer planets

the outer planets are gas planets

the outer planets have rings, and the inner planets don't

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

gas

metal

water

rock

Who made it to space first?

U.S.S.R

United States

China

Smith Station High School

What was the name of the first satellite launched into orbit?

Sputnik I

Apollo 11

Friendship 7

Vostok I

HOW DID THE U.S. WIN THE SPACE RACE?

LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE

LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE

THE 1ST ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON

JOHN GLENN ORBITING THE EARTH

The main human activity that releases greenhouse gases is

using bottled water

burning fossil fuels

texting on cellphones

eating meat

A student is studying the heating and cooling of Earth's temperatures in the atmosphere. Even with the average temperature increasing now, what can they expect in the future?

Temperatures will continue to rise, risking the safety of most living things

After the temperatures reach a peak, they will fall into a cooling trend

After the temperatures begin a cooling trend, they will never rise to this level again

Temperatures will abruptly fall, risking the life of things near the poles

What three bodies of water do Virginia's watersheds lead to

Chesapeake Bay

Gulf of Mexico

North Carolina Sounds

Atlantic Ocean

When the water rises to high in a river is flows into the __________________.

divide

tributary

Flood plain

estuary

10.

___________ is the color of powdered mineral.

Luster

Streak

Fracture

11.

_________ is how easily something can be scratched.

specific gravity

luster

hardness

12.

_____ is if something breaks into smooth flat layers.

fracture

cleavage

streak

13.

__________ is if a mineral breaks apart in a jagged or rough layer.

cleavage

luster

fracture

14.

What mineral is known as "fools gold"?

graphite

quartz

galena

pyrite

15.

Yellow or red, nonmetallic, brittle, hardness of 2-3, has an odor

sulfur

kaolinite

kyanite

talc

16.

Metallic to earthy gray, hardness of 1-2, unclear cleavage, writes on paper

graphite

galena

pyrite

hematite

17.

Name the mineral with perfect cleavage (looks like film) and makes a great rock forming mineral

Sulfur

Mica

Pyrite

Obsidian

18.

What is a major cause of the ozone hole?

Fossil Fuels

Global Warming

Greenhouse Gases

Chlorofluorocarbons

19.

What type of gases absorb the heat leaving the Earth’s surface?

Chlorofluorocarbons

Carbon

Greenhouse

Global

20.

A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....

Pull apart

Come together

Slide past each other

subducting

21.

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

Convergent

Transform

Plate

Divergent

22.

Porosity refers to...

the shape of the particles

The sorting of the particles

% of pore space in a material

% of cement in a material

23.

Impermeable materials...

have an abundance of pores.

let water in.

have little to no pores.

24.

Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.

slower

faster

25.

The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer.

porosity

permeability

gradient

divide

26.

How are tornados formed

Hot water and cold water mix

Warm moist air and cold dry air

ice and hot sand

Hurricanes

27.

What is the shape of a tornado

Funnel

rectangle

Circle

Triangle

28.

Physically breaking down rocks and materials is called__________weathering.

Chemical

Mechanical

Biological

Permeable

29.

In which horizon is most of the HUMUS?

Horizon A

Horizon B

Horizon C

Horizon D or R

30.

Which horizon is made up of partially weathered rocks?