Earth Science SOL Review 2017

What does this image best represent?

• the El Nino effect
• The La Nina Effect
• The warm currents of the Gulf Stream
• Last season's Hurricane results

Which phase of the moon is represented in this diagram?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• last quarter/third quarter

What is the 2nd phase of the Moon cycle as seen here in this image?

• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Crescent

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• The type of plant
• The amount of sunlight
• The type of music
• The type of liquid

Find the volume of this piece of brass.  

• 50 g
• 10 cm
• 6 cm³
• 12 cm³

If the  half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if there have been two half-lives?

• 50 years
• 100 years
• 200 years
• 25 years

Which region of Virginia is East of the fall line?

• The Piedmont
• the Coastal Plain
• the Valley and Ridge
• the Blue Ridge

What type of rocks contain fossils and coal?

• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous
• metamorphic
• sedimentary

Forms when a flowing glacier scoops out an area between two mountains. 

• U-Shaped Valley
• Fiord
• Kettle
• Moraine

 Occurs when Earth is positioned between the moon and the sun and when Earth's shadow crosses the lighted half of the moon.

• Solar Eclipse
• Eclipse
• Lunar Eclipse
• Perigee