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WorksheetsSOL Warm Up Quiz 7
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
2 Which provides the best evidence for the theory that faults and volcanoes are results of tectonic plate interactions?
Faults on tectonic plates are in constant motion, but volcanoes may not erupt for many years.
Faults and volcanoes existed long before there were tectonic plates
Tectonic plates that have many faults do not usually have volcanoes.
Faults and volcanoes are often found at tectonic plate boundaries.
2 Which of these is likely to occur after moist air is cooled below its dew point?
Water condenses
Evaporation increases
Ice crystals melt
Winds are generated
The breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller particles without a change in composition is called —
Igneous intrusion
Chemical precipitation
Mechanical weathering
Metamorphic Foliation
*The vast majority of galaxies in our universe are moving away from us. We know this because we can measure the __________ in the galaxies absorption spectra.
Redshift
Blueshift
Turbulance
Superposition
Unit 1: What are the Lat. & Long coordinates of Cannes, France?
45 N, 5 E
40 N, 75 W
45 S, 5 W
40 S, 75 E
What process brings Nutrients to the surface, feeds consumer fish, and helps keep the ocean's chemistry in balance.
gyres
eddies
upwelling
the equator
The Gulf Stream brings warm water north along the East Coast making our climate in Norfolk warm and humid in the summer. Which number on this map experiences the same summertime climate as ours?
1
2
3
4
What is a measure of how well a material absorbs water? There are multiple answers.
permeability
occlusion
porosity
exclusion
The three wells shown provide water for a growing city. As population increases, the demand for water goes up. What will happen if they use too much water?
The water table will drop
The Shale layer will shrink
The Aquifer will expand.
The limestone layer will collapse
Colliding tectonic plates caused sedimentary rock layers in
which province of Virginia to become folded and faulted?
Coastal Plain
Ridge and Valley
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
