SOL Review Practice

Label the seasons and the dates the solstices and equinoxes occur by dragging the words to the boxes.

e

f

g

h

d

c

b

a

March 21

Winter

September 21

Autumn

December 21

Summer

Spring

June 21

Answer explanation

Remember that the Earth's axis (North Pole) tilts away from the Sun in the center during Winter. Also, remember that winter lasts from Dec. 21 to March 20.

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6.3.d

Dolphins, jellyfish, and crabs are grouped together because all of them --

• live in the water

• are fish

• are warm-blooded

• lay eggs

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LS.3.c

Sea anemones are poisonous. However, the clownfish has developed an outer layer of mucus which provides protection from the stinging cells of the sea anemone. The symbiosis between the clown fish and sea anemone is best described as --

• symbiosis

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parasitism

Answer explanation

The clown fish gets protection from predators while the sea anemone isn't affected by the clown fish.

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LS.5.c

Click on the box that represents the latitudes where hurricanes will form.

Reminder: hurricanes don't like the cold.

Answer explanation

According to NASA, "Hurricanes form over tropical waters (between 8 and 20 degrees latitude) in areas of high humidity, light winds, and warm sea surface temperatures [typically 26.5 degrees Celsius (80 Fahrenheit) or greater]."

The latitudes hurricanes form in are found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator.

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6.7.d

The moose population increased after 1980 because the wolf population ​ (a)   ​ rapidly.

• decreased
• increased
• did not change

Answer explanation

The wolves are graphed using the dotted line and the moose are the solid lines. The dotted line drops and the solid line rises after 1980.

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LS.8

LS.6

Match the following

• Celsius temperature scale

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• thermal convection

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• Kelvin temperature scale

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• thermal radiation

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• thermal conduction

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PS.5.b

PS.1.b.iii

6.4.c

Choose all that apply:

How can you decrease the speed at which a marble rolls down a ramp?

• change the amount of friction

• change the height of the ramp

• change the diameter of the marble

• change the width of the ramp

Answer explanation

More friction slows it, less friction speeds it up.

A taller ramp speeds it up, a shorter ramp slows it down.

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PS.8

Match the the data being recorded to the type of graph should be used.

• a teacher determines what percentage of her students earned each grade A through F

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• a student records how how the amount of rainfall changed over one year

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• the principal compares the number of students who use each type of vehicle to get to school

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PS.1.c.ii

Match the description to the image of weather fronts.

• occluded front - cold air catches up with warm air combining to cause light rain

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• warm front - warm air pushes cold air out causing light rain and a rise in temperature

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• stationary front - cold air and warm air collide causing clouds and maybe rain to stick around

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• cold front - cold air pushes under warm air causing heavy rain and a drop in temperature

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6.7.f

The Chesapeake Bay is a ​ (a)   because it is a body of water that is naturally protected from ​ (b)   by the Eastern Shore and is a mixture of ​ (c)   from the rivers and ​ (d)   from the Atlantic Ocean.

• estuary
• storms
• freshwater
• saltwater

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6.8.c