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Earth Science Grab Bag 3

Test Description: Variety of Earth Science SOL Questions

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) Which of the following is part of a valid process for supporting a hypothesis?

Aaltering results Bexperimentation Csingle trials Dlimited research

2) The sun emits energy by converting hydrogen into helium. What is this process called?

Afission Bsunspot formation Csolar wind Dfusion

3) When Venus passes between the Earth and the sun, it is visible as a tiny black dot on the sun's bright disk. Why is Mars never visible in this same way?

AMars is too small to be seen against the backdrop of the sun BMars shines too brightly to be visible against the sun CThe orbit of Mars is more eccentric than that of Venus DThe orbit of Mars is outside that of the Earth's orbit

4) Which planet rotates the fastest?

ASaturn BJupiter CMars DMercury

5) Metamorphic rocks whose minerals are arranged in layers or bands are called

Anonclastic Bfoliated Cnonfoliated Dclastic

6) Limestone is a valuable resource in Virginia because limestone can be processed to make

Aplastic Bplywood Cconcrete Dsteel

7) You want to distinguish some samples of gold from fool's gold. What are the two best tests you could use?

Ahardness and luster Bspecific gravity and streak Cluster and cleavage Dhardness and cleavage

8) What is the primary bad effect of burning fossil fuels?

Athermal pollution because they burn so much hotter Boffensive odors Csulfur poisoning of green plants and algae Dacid rain

9) Why does erosion not occur on the moon?

Athe gravitational pull of the moon is too weak Bthe rock surface of the moon is too hard Cthere is no animal life Dthere is no wind or rain

10) Which of these provides the best evidence of the environment in which an igneous rock was formed?

Atexture Bthickness Ccolor Dsize

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