SOL Review
Part 2
Label the diagram
A
B
C
The layer of the Earth
that is Solid Iron
Is the…
What layer of the Earth has
convection currents?
Deep Sea Trenches and volcanoes
are associated with what type of plate
boundary?
Mid-Ocean Ridges are features formed
at what plate boundaries?
• Divergent
Folded Mountains are features
found at what plate boundaries?
• Convergent-Collision
The San Andreas Fault is an example of
what type of plate boundary?
• Transform/Sliding
Rift Valleys are features formed at
what type of plate boundary?
• Divergent
Sam wants to test if watching more
baseball games will make you hit more
homeruns. What are the independent
and dependent variables?
• Independent: Amount of baseball games
watched
• Dependent: Amount of homeruns hit
Ben wants to see if playing the drums
to his plants will help them grow. What
is the independent and dependent
variable?
• Independent: Playing drums/not playing
drums
• Dependent: Growth rate of plants
What is humus?
• Dark organic material
• Which layer
contains humus?
• Which layer
contains top soil?
• Where would
bedrock be
found?
• Which layers
have been
weathered the
most/least?
How did oxygen get added to the
atmosphere?
• Blue-green algae
How does algae negatively impact the
environment?
• Blocks sunlight and uses up the oxygen that
other organisms need
What causes the algae to form?
• Excess nutrients
• nitrogen and phosphorus feed algae blooms
What does a psychrometer measure?
• Relative humidity
A cloud of dust and gas that is the first
stage of a star’s lifecycle is called
what?
• A Nebula
List the geologic eras from oldest to
most recent
• Pre-Cambrian
• Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic
Where is the oldest rock layer in a
geologic diagram?
• At the bottom
What type of rock is associated
with the Law of Cross-Cutting
Relationships?
• Igneous
Granite is made of what minerals?
• Quartz
• Mica
• Feldspar
Label the seafloor features
1)
2)
6)
5)
3)
4)
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Guyot
Seamount
Continental Rise
Abyssal Plain
Coal is classified as what type of
sedimentary rock: Clastic, Organic, or
Chemical?
• Organic
Halite/Rock Salt is classified as what
type of sedimentary rock: Clastic,
Organic, or Chemical?
• Chemical
Does quartz have cleavage or fracture?
• Fracture
Label the layers of the atmosphere
What will the weather be like after this
front passes?
• Warmer and
more humid
Where is the lowest air pressure?
• The Eye
True or False: Rocks and fossils from
many different geologic periods and
epochs are found in Virginia.
• True
True or False: Mercury is the hottest
planet.
• False
True or False: Melting ice caps will
cause sea level to rise.
• True
Where is Hubble Telescope located?
• Above our
atmosphere in
outer space
How does a star’s temperature change
as it goes from average to red giant?
• It cools down
Stratification is a feature in what type
of rock?
• Sedimentary
If an igneous rock has big crystals,
would it be classified as intrusive
or extrusive?
• Intrusive