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This element is the main component of most stars.

What is What is HydrogenHydrogen??

What is What is JupiterJupiter??

The planet that has a fierce hurricane-like storm that is

several times the size of earth.

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What is What is galaxies are moving galaxies are moving away from each other in a away from each other in a constantly expanding constantly expanding universeuniverse??

In 1912, an astronomer noticed that the lines in the spectra of

most galaxies shifted toward the red end of the spectrum. Edwin Hubble, later interpreted this

discovery as evidence that-

What is What is 22??

At what position would Earth be found in the solar system diagram

shown below?

What are What are temperature temperature differences due to elevation differences due to elevation changeschanges??

A rain forest is found at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and the

summit is snowcapped. Why?

What is What is the sea would cover the sea would cover more landmore land??

This would probably happen as the ice caps melted.

What is What is cool, descending cool, descending air meets moist air in the air meets moist air in the low areas near the riverlow areas near the river??

On clear nights in late summer and early fall in the Shenandoah Valley, fog often forms in the low

areas near the river. Why?

What isWhat is land land temperature changes temperature changes more quickly than more quickly than water temperaturewater temperature??

What would explain the change in the direction of air movement

form daytime to night?


What isWhat is only about 0.3% only about 0.3% of the Earth’s water is of the Earth’s water is drinkabledrinkable??

With approximately 99.7% of all water on Earth being found in

oceans, seas, ice, and the atmosphere, what can be said about the Earth’s drinkable

water?

What is What is 4 km4 km??

The length of the delta increase from 1982 to 1996.

What is What is DD??

It was primarily responsible for the development of life outside

of the oceans.A)Decrease in atmospheric hydrogen

B) A decrease in atmospheric carbon dioxide

C)An increase in atmospheric nitrogen

D)An increase in atmospheric oxygen

What is What is TrenchTrench??

The ocean feature where the greatest amount of water pressure

would be exerted?

What isWhat is a large object a large object from space hit the Earthfrom space hit the Earth

The hypothesis for the cause of the dinosaurs’ extinction that has the most scientific support links

their extinction to -


The layer or area that is most likely the oldest section of rock.

What is What is hardens before the hardens before the animal decaysanimal decays??

Volcanic ash has occasionally formed molds of animals. This occurs when the ash covers the

animal and -

What is What is CC??

The chart shows the Mohs scale for measuring the hardness of minerals. A mineral that can scratch fluorite and be

scratched by orthoclase is able to –A) Scratch both calcite and quartz

B) Be scratched by both calcite and quartz

C) Scratch calcite and be scratched by quartz

D) Scratch quartz and be scratched by calcite

What is What is NorthwestNorthwest??

In what direction is Staunton from Richmond?

What is What is AA??

The longitude of Richmond, Virginia, on the map is approximately –

A) 75° W

B) 38° N

C) 38° W

D) 75° N

What is What is 0.2 gram0.2 gram??

The amount of limestone worn away between Day 1 and Day 2

What is What is FF??

The picture above shows a hydrometer in water. The same hydrometer was placed in the

liquids below. Which liquid is denser than water?

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During which portion of the Earth’s revolution around the sun is the

Northern Hemisphere tilted toward the sun?

A)Vernal equinox

B) Summer solstice

C)Autumnal equinox

D)Winter solstice

What is B?What is B?

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The renewable source of energy.A)Natural gas

B) Coal

C)Oil

D)Falling water


What is What is coalcoal??

The fossil fuel found in the greatest abundance in Virginia.


What is What is D D ??

One method of lessoning the impact of strip mining is to –

A)mine only nontoxic materials

B) only mine during the evening hours

C)feed the animals displaced by the mine

D)require that the landscape and vegetation of mined lands be restored


The canyon shown in the picture was most likely formed by –

A) a volcano

B) high winds

C) earthquakes

D) running water

What is What is magma moves to the magma moves to the surface, building ridgessurface, building ridges??

When the sea floor spreads apart, volcanoes and ridges are formed

because -


Of these igneous rocks, it has the largest crystals.

A) Granite

B) Obsidian

C) Pumice

D) Rhyolite


Which of the following is not considered a result of the

movement of tectonic plates?A)Earthquakes

B) Mountain Ranges

C)Increased volcanic activity

D)Karst topography


The layer located beneath soil layers.

A) Bedrock

B) Humus

C) Lava

D) Tundra


What is What is GG??

Organic matter in soil is made from –

A)weathered parent rock

B) decayed plants and animals

C) acid rain

D) carbon dioxide


Which of these provides the best evidence of the environment in

which an igneous rock was formed?

A)Thickness

B) Color

C)Size

D)Texture


In the illustration shown below, which layer is an example of an

intrusion?


Extrusive rocks have small grains because they –

A) cool quickly

B) harden underground

C) contain rare minerals

D) have a rough mixture


The stars appear to change position during the night because-A) Earth rotates on its axis.

B) Earth revolves around the sun.

C) The stars are moving away from each other.

D) Stars are very far away from the solar system.

What is What is XX??

The point where the trail will be the steepest.


The phase of the moon where the tides will be the highest.

What is What is BB??

Which of these substances plays the most important part in

chemical weathering?

A)Wind

B) Water

C) Ice

D) Frost


Rocks formed by the cementing of weathered materials are called –

A) sedimentary rocks

B) extrusive igneous rocks

C) basalt

D) magma


What process has occurred when atoms combine to form a new element and release energy?

A) Fusion

B) Fission

C) Hydrogenation

D) Ionization

What is What is CC??

Because of the unique position of the Earth in the solar system, life has flourished due to the

presence of –A) helium

B) volcanoes

C) liquid water

D) salt


Which of the following best explains the rolling topography

of the Valley and Ridge province in Virginia?

A)Folding and differential erosion

B) Block faulting of marine sediments

C)Ocean currents and uplift

D) Rifting and ocean waves

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Which diagram below best represents the most common arrangement of

zones in a water table?

What is C?What is C?

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