Geosystems Sol Questions and Answers
Which would be the BEST tools to measure the density of a small piece of copper ore? Correct
Answer A graduated cylinder and a balance
Three samples of a material are measured for mass and volume. The results are as follows:
- Sample A: mass-10 g; volume-1 cm3
- Sample B: mass-20 g; volume-2 cm3
- Sample C: mass-30 g; volume-3 cm3
What is the density of this material? Correct Answer 10.0 g/cm3
Students plan to use several rain gauges to compare average monthly rainfall on Virginia's Coastal
Plain and Piedmont regions. What is the independent variable? Correct Answer Location of the rain
gauge
A student claims that the full moon occurs about once a month. What process will verify the
student's claim? Correct Answer Observing
Between which depths should the bedrock be mined to obtain rock with the highest percentage of
copper? Correct Answer 230-260 ft
A student wanted to determine if building a wall would help stop beach erosion. He built one wall
perpendicular from the beach, another parallel, and a third in an outward bending arc. He then
observed and collected data. In this experiment, what should be the "control"? Correct Answer A
section of the beach with no wall
How much water is being measured in this graduated cylinder? Correct Answer 1.5 mL
A graduated cylinder is used to find what? Correct Answer Volume
What part of an experiment is the statement shown here?
"If the bridge is constructed using oak boards instead of pine, then it will be able to support more
weight." Correct Answer Hypothesis
, Geosystems Sol Questions and Answers
The graph below illustrates data from an experiment. Does the data support or reject the statement?
Correct Answer It supports the statement
What shows details of abyssal plains, seamounts, and ocean trenches? Correct Answer Bathymetric
map
What is the latitude of location A? Correct Answer 90 degrees N
The elevation difference between two points, A & B, is 10,000 ft, and the horizontal distance is 5
miles. What is the average gradient among a straight line from A to B? Correct Answer 2,000 ft/mile
Your GPS unit gave your location as 14.5 N, 49.5 E. If you wanted to go to 10 N, 45 E, in which
direction would you have to travel? Correct Answer Southwest
What has one of the LEAST profound affects on the composition of our atmosphere? Correct Answer
Tidal activity
When do clouds usually form? Correct Answer When the air temperature reaches the dew point
What is the most likely cause of the overall change in the level of carbon dioxide from 1960 to 1990?
Correct Answer An increase in the use of fossil fuels
How does the sun produce energy? Correct Answer Fusion of hydrogen into helium
Apollo 11 was the first NASA mission to do what? Correct Answer Land humans on the moon
The huge hole in Diablo Canyon, Arizona, was MOST LIKELY formed by what? Correct Answer An
asteroid collision
What is the most accepted theory for the origin of the sun and planets? Correct Answer Solar nebula
theory
Which would be the BEST tools to measure the density of a small piece of copper ore? Correct
Answer A graduated cylinder and a balance
Three samples of a material are measured for mass and volume. The results are as follows:
- Sample A: mass-10 g; volume-1 cm3
- Sample B: mass-20 g; volume-2 cm3
- Sample C: mass-30 g; volume-3 cm3
What is the density of this material? Correct Answer 10.0 g/cm3
Students plan to use several rain gauges to compare average monthly rainfall on Virginia's Coastal
Plain and Piedmont regions. What is the independent variable? Correct Answer Location of the rain
gauge
A student claims that the full moon occurs about once a month. What process will verify the
student's claim? Correct Answer Observing
Between which depths should the bedrock be mined to obtain rock with the highest percentage of
copper? Correct Answer 230-260 ft
A student wanted to determine if building a wall would help stop beach erosion. He built one wall
perpendicular from the beach, another parallel, and a third in an outward bending arc. He then
observed and collected data. In this experiment, what should be the "control"? Correct Answer A
section of the beach with no wall
How much water is being measured in this graduated cylinder? Correct Answer 1.5 mL
A graduated cylinder is used to find what? Correct Answer Volume
What part of an experiment is the statement shown here?
"If the bridge is constructed using oak boards instead of pine, then it will be able to support more
weight." Correct Answer Hypothesis
, Geosystems Sol Questions and Answers
The graph below illustrates data from an experiment. Does the data support or reject the statement?
Correct Answer It supports the statement
What shows details of abyssal plains, seamounts, and ocean trenches? Correct Answer Bathymetric
map
What is the latitude of location A? Correct Answer 90 degrees N
The elevation difference between two points, A & B, is 10,000 ft, and the horizontal distance is 5
miles. What is the average gradient among a straight line from A to B? Correct Answer 2,000 ft/mile
Your GPS unit gave your location as 14.5 N, 49.5 E. If you wanted to go to 10 N, 45 E, in which
direction would you have to travel? Correct Answer Southwest
What has one of the LEAST profound affects on the composition of our atmosphere? Correct Answer
Tidal activity
When do clouds usually form? Correct Answer When the air temperature reaches the dew point
What is the most likely cause of the overall change in the level of carbon dioxide from 1960 to 1990?
Correct Answer An increase in the use of fossil fuels
How does the sun produce energy? Correct Answer Fusion of hydrogen into helium
Apollo 11 was the first NASA mission to do what? Correct Answer Land humans on the moon
The huge hole in Diablo Canyon, Arizona, was MOST LIKELY formed by what? Correct Answer An
asteroid collision
What is the most accepted theory for the origin of the sun and planets? Correct Answer Solar nebula
theory
