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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?

Asingle trials Bexperimentation Climited research Daltering results

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

Afission Bsolar wind Cfusion Dsunspot formation

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

4) Which planet rotates the fastest?

AMars BJupiter CSaturn DMercury

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

Afoliated Bnonclastic Cnonfoliated Dclastic

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

Aplastic Bsteel Cplywood Dconcrete

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

Aspecific gravity and streak Bhardness and luster Chardness and cleavage Dluster and cleavage

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

Aacid rain Bthermal pollution because they burn so much hotter Coffensive odors Dsulfur poisoning of green plants and algae

9) Why does erosion not occur on the moon?

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

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

Acolor Bthickness Ctexture Dsize

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