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  • How can you help slow down land erosion along the river? A. Plant grasses and shrubs along the riverbank. B. Add more layers of soil to the riverbank. C. Plant trees along the riverbank. D. Clear the riverbank of plant overgrowth
    C
  • What ocean floor feature is at the deepest level of the ocean?
    ocean trench
  • Label the features of the ocean floor
    1. Continental shelf, 2. Continental slope, 3. Continental rise, 4. Abyssal plain, 5. Ocean trench
  • Why are non-renewable resources considered non-renewable?
    They take millions of years to recreate
  • What kind of plate boundary is shown?
  • Name the four layers of the Earth in order from outside to inside
    crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
  • What is the name of our local watershed? A. Carolina Sounds B. Chesapeake Bay C. North Carolina Sounds D. Mississippi River
    B. Chesapeake Bay Watershed
  • How does the depth of the ocean affect the amount of sunlight?
    deeper = darker
  • In the rock cycle, what process is necessary to change any rock into metamorphic rock?
    heat and pressure
  • Which of these are examples of erosion?
    A, B, D, E
  • Which rock type would most likely contain fossils?
    sedimentary
  • What is salinity?
    The amount of salt that is dissolved in water
  • What kind of plate boundary is shown?
    convergent
  • Which is Virginia's most widespread land resource? A. forests B. farms C. oceans D. amusement parks
    A. forests
  • Which of the following is a testable scientific question?
    Is summer the best season of the year?
    Why do people enjoy sunny weather?
    Should people spend more time outside?
    Does the temperature of water affect how fast sugar dissolve
  • Label the rock cycle appropriately
    red = sedimentary, green = metamorphic, blue = igneous
  • In an investigation about the sweetness of cookies, what is the independent variable?
    the amount of sugar used for the cookies
  • Identify the independent variable, dependent variable, and constants
    I: height of the ramp, D: how far the car traveled; C: type of car, surface of ramp
  • Which is Virginia's most important mineral resource?
    coal
  • What is a watershed?
    An area of land that channels rainfall and runoff into a common body of water.
  • Name the three basic motions of the ocean
    waves, currents, tides
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