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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which graph most likely illustrates a cyclic change?
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the volume of liquid C?
25.0 mL
50.0 mL
75.0 mL
125.0 mL
- 3. Multiple Choice
Assume a cube was broken into many irregularly shaped pieces. Compared to the density of the entire cube, the density of one of the pieces would be
less
greater
the same
depend one how big the cube was to begin with
- 4. Multiple Choice
The grade shows that high tides at Boston occur approximately every
3.5 hours
6.0 hours
12.5 hours
16.0 hours
- 5. Multiple Choice
A student accurately measured the mass of a sample of one of the four minerals to be 294.4 grams and its volume to be 73.6 cm3. Which mineral sample the student measure?
corundum
galena
hematite
quartz
- 6. Multiple ChoiceEmily was looking at a rock and saw tiny crystals. Emily should know that all rocks are made up of _____.diamondsmineralsfossilsdirt
- 7. Multiple Choice
Examples of mass movements are
(check all that apply)
RockfallsCreepSeafloor spreadingMudslidesflooding
- 8. Multiple Choice
The agents of erosion are
(check all that apply)
Water
mass movments
gravity
Windglaciers
- 9. Multiple Choice
Letter S point to which province?
Valley & Ridge
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Appalachian Plateau
- 10. Multiple Choice
Letter R point to which province?
Valley & Ridge
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Appalachian Plateau
- 11. Multiple Choice
Letter T point to which province?
Valley & Ridge
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Appalachian Plateau
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why does a comet’s tail point away from the Sun?
The solar wind blows the tail away from the Sun.
It is being pulled by a nearby black hole.
The Moon’s light only shines on part of the comet.
The comet's tail is following the path of Jupiter
- 13. Multiple Choice
2 In the gold rush of 1849, prospectors found a yellow mineral that appeared to be gold, but was harder and more brittle than gold. What is this mineral that came to be called “fool’s gold”?
Copper
Sulfur
Calcite
Pyrite
- 14. Multiple Choice
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.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller particles without a change in composition is called —
Igneous intrusion
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
Metamorphic Foliation
- 16. Multiple Choice
In the jar shown, a sample of soil was mixed with water and then allowed to settle for 24 hours. The jar serves as a model for what process?
Evaporation of water from a muddy pond
Formation of soil from parent material
Deposition of sediment in a lake bed
Erosion of rock particles by water
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which recent geologic processes commonly occur in the Coastal Plain region of Virginia?
Crustal uplift and deformation
Rifting and intrusion
Erosion and Deposition
Subduction and Metamorphism
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat mineral resources are found in Virginia?coal, limestone, granite, gravel, sandcoal, beach water, foodcultivated forests, gravel
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat direction is the warm front moving?northwestnortheastsouthwestsoutheast
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIf the sun, moon, and Earth are lined up, what does this diagram represent?full moonnew moonlunar eclipsesolar eclipse
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich was the first object made my humans to orbit Earth?ABCD
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