Virginia Provinces Test Review

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Coal Deposits in Virginia are the result of

Ancient Swamps

Ancient Sandstone

Ancient Desert Ecosystems

Ancient Volcanic Activity

2.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Select two mineral resources below that are mined in, and make the largest contributions to Virginia's economy

Petroleum

Sand

Talc

Coal

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Virginia has gone through many geologic changes throughout the last 200 million years. When Pangea ripped apart into the current continents on Earth today, Virginia on was at the center of the breakup. What feature most likely formed along Virginia when Pangea ripped apart?

Island Arch

Rift Valley

Transform Plate Movement

Convergent Plate movement

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which Virginia Watershed has the greatest impact in the state due to its size?

Tennessee River Watershed

James River Watershed

Chowan River Watershed

Rappahannock River Watershed

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the best evidence that many different geologic periods are represented in Virginia?

The presence of fossils of different ages

The location of the Piedmont

The amount of chemical weathering

The length of its rivers

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Trilobites,are fossils of an ocean dwelling animal related to the modern day horse shoe crab. These animals lived throughout Earth's oceans hundreds of millions of years ago. Fossils of these animals can be found in sedimentary rock layers in the mountains of Virginia. This indicates that-

the mountains of Virginia were formed by massive volcanoes

the mountains of Virginia were once covered by swamps

the mountains of Virginia has never been covered by water

the mountains of Virginia were once a marine environment

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Sand is a valuable resource that is mined in Virginia, and is exported all over the country. Sand can be used to make glass, and is one of the ingredients of concrete. Which province of Virginia is sand predominantly mined in?

Coastal Plain

Piedmont

Blue Ridge

Valley and Ridge

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Dutch Gap power plant in Chesterfield County, provides electricity for part of central Virginia. This power plant most likely converts which natural resource, mined in Virginia into electricity?

Sand

Halite

Pyrite

Coal

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which natural resource from Virginia is used to make glass

Quartz

Coal

Limestone

Natural Gas

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which natural resource from Virginia is an energy resource that is mined from the ground in Southwest Virginia

Quartz

Coal

Limestone

Natural Gas

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which natural resource from Virginia is used to make concrete

Quartz

Coal

Limestone

Natural Gas

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Karst topography is found primarily in which of Virginia's physiographic provinces?

Coastal Plain

Blue Ridge

Piedmont

Valley and Ridge

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Due to the weathering and erosion of the mountains of Virginia, which province has the youngest rock layers due to the deposition of sediment along its almost flat topography.

Piedmont

Ridge and Valley

Blue Ridge

Coastal Plain

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