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Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet1. Base your answer to the following question on thediagrams below, which represent two different solid,uniform materials cut into cubes A and B.5. The data table below shows the mass and volume ofthree samples of the same mineral. [The density columnis provided for student use.]Which graph best represents the relationship between thedensity and the volume of these mineral samples?A)What is the mass of cube B?A) 9 gB) 27 gC) 3 gD) 81 g2. The sphere was dropped into water in a graduatedcylinder as shown below.B)C)What is the volume of the sphere?A) 15 mLC) 40 mLB) 25 mLD) 65 mLD)3. A centimeter is 0.01 meter. This measurement can alsobe expressed asA) 1 10 –1 mC) 1 10 0 mB) 1 10 –2 mD) 1 10 2 m4. The diameter through the equator of Jupiter is about143,000 kilometers. What is this distance written inscientific notation (powers of 10)?A) 143 10 2 kmC) 1.43 10 5 km6. As air on the surface of Earth warms, the density of theairB) 1.43 10 3 kmD) 143 10 5 kmA) decreasesC) remains the samePage 1B) increases

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet7. The diagrams below represent two solid objects A and B.with different densities.11. During a rainstorm, when soil becomes saturated, theamount of infiltrationA)B)C)D)What will happen when the objects are placed in acontainer of water (water temperature 4 C)?A)B)C)D)Both objects will sink.Both objects will float.Object A will float and object B will sink.Object B will float and object A will sink.8. A 25-gram sample of halite was placed in a jar with fiveother mineral samples and water. The jar was shakenvigorously for 5 minutes. The halite sample was thenfound to have a mass of 15 grams. What was the rate ofweathering of the halite sample?A) 0.50 g/minC) 3.0 g/minB) 2.0 g/minD) 10. g/min9. The graph below shows the discharge measured at apoint in a stream during a period of one year.The greatest change in stream flow occurs betweenA)B)C)D)January 1 and March 1March 1 and May 1May 1 and July 1October 1 and December 110. Which processes are most likely to cause a rise in thewater table?A)B)C)D)runoff and erosionprecipitation and infiltrationdeposition and burialsolidification and condensationPage 2decreases and runoff decreasesdecreases and runoff increasesincreases and runoff decreasesincreases and runoff increases

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet12. The diagram below shows columns A, B, C, and D that contain different sediments.Equal volumes of water were poured through each column. Which column of sediment retained the mostwater?A) AB) BC) CD) D13. Compared to an area of Earth's surface with gentleslopes, an area with steeper slopes most likely hasA)B)C)D)16. During a heavy rainstorm, soil samples A and B bothbecame saturated with water. However, 10 minutesafter the storm ended, the soils appeared as shownbelow.less infiltration and more runoffless infiltration and less runoffmore infiltration and more runoffmore infiltration and less runoff14. Which sediment size would allow water to flow throughat the fastest rate?A) clayC) sandB) siltD) pebblesWhich statement best explains the observed change inthe water content of the soil samples?15. Which surface soil type has the slowest permeabilityrate and is most likely to produce flooding?A) pebblesC) siltA) The permeability of B is greater than thepermeability of A.B) The porosity of B is greater than the porosity of A.C) The capillarity of B is greater than the capillarityof A.D) The surface runoff at B is greater than the surfacerunoff at A.B) sandD) clay17. Sand sediments are usually more permeable than siltsediments because sand grains areA) largerC) rounderPage 3B) smootherD) more soluble

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet18. Base your answer to the following question on thediagram below, which represents samples of soil andbedrock at Earth's surface. The arrows representpossible infiltration of rainwater.20. A rock with a high porosity will probablyWhich sample probably has the greatest porosity?A)B)C)D)pebble soilpebble-and-sand soilconglomerate bedrockgranite bedrock19. Base your answer to the following question on thediagrams below, which represent cross sections of foursamples of loosely packed, uniformly sorted soilparticles. The diameter of the particles is given beloweach diagram. All soil samples consist of solid sphericalparticles.If equal amounts of 0.2-centimeter soil particles aremixed into each sample, which sample's porosity willnot be affected?A) AB) BC) CD) DPage 4A) be resistant to weatheringB) be composed of large grainsC) have a large percentage of space betweenparticlesD) have a small percentage of rounded particles

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet21. Which graph shows the general relationship between soil particle size and the capillarity of the soil?A)B)C)D)22. Base your answer to the following question onthe diagrams below, which represent 500-millilitercontainers that are open at the top and the bottom andfilled with well-sorted, loosely packed particles ofuniform size. A piece of screening placed at the bottomof each container prevents the particles from falling out.The sample in which container would have the greatestcapillarity when placed in water?A) AB) BC) CD) D23. Which graph best represents the relationship betweenthe particle size and the capillarity of a sample of soil?A)C)B)D)Page 5

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet24. Photographs A and B below show two different valleys.Which list best identifies the agent of erosion that primarily determined the shape of each valley?A)B)C)D)photograph A—glacier; photograph B—riverphotograph A—river; photograph B—glacierboth photographs—riverboth photographs—glacier25. The table below shows the relationship between totalyearly precipitation (P) and potential evapotranspiration(E P ) for different types of climates.The total yearly precipitation (P) for a city in Texas is218 millimeters. The total yearly potentialevapotranspiration (E P ) is 951 millimeters. Which typeof climate does this city have?A) humidC) semiaridB) subhumidD) aridPage 6

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet26. Base your answer to the following question on the water budget data and climate classification below.Table 1 shows water budget data for a location in New Jersey, and table 2 describes climate types. All dataare expressed in millimeters of water.According to the information provided in table 2, the area represented by the water budget data would havea climate classified asA) humidB) subhumidC) semiarid27. What change will a pebble usually undergo when it istransported a great distance by streams?A)B)C)D)It will become jagged and its mass will decrease.It will become jagged and its volume will increase.It will become rounded and its mass will increase.It will become rounded and its volume willdecrease.Page 7D) arid

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet28. The block diagram below represents a stream flowingfrom a mountain region.30. The diagram below shows a section of a meander in astream. The arrows show the direction of stream flow.The streambank on the outside of this meander issteeper than the streambank on the inside of thismeander because the water on the outside of thismeander is movingA brief, heavy rainstorm occurs in the mountains. Howwill the volume of water and the rate of erosion in thestream change shortly after the rainstorm?A) The volume of water will decrease and the rate oferosion will increase.B) The volume of water will increase and the rate oferosion will decrease.C) Both the volume of water and the rate of erosionwill decrease.D) Both the volume of water and the rate oferosion will increase.A)B)C)D)slower, causing depositionfaster, causing depositionslower, causing erosionfaster, causing erosion31. The map below shows the area surrounding ameandering stream.29. A river’s current carries sediments into the ocean.Which sediment size will most likely be deposited indeeper water farthest from the shore?A) pebbleC) siltB) sandD) clayAt which point is erosion greatest?A) APage 8B) BC) CD) D

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packetBase your answers to questions 32 and 33 onthe diagram below, which represents the landscape features associated with a meandering river. Letters W,X, Y, and Z represent locations on the floodplain.32. During transport by this river, a sediment particle will most likely becomeA) more rounded B) more denseC) heavierD) larger33. The choices below represent stages in the formation of a meandering river. Which sequence best representsthe usual changes over time?A)B)C)D)Page 9

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet34. The map below represents a meandering stream flowinginto a lake. A student measured water depths in thestream at three locations: A–A', B–B', and C–C'.Which set of cross sections best represents the streambed at the three locations?A)B)C)D)Page 10

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet35. The map below represents a large stream meander (bend). The arrows show the direction of stream flow.Stream velocity was measured at surface locations A, B, and C.Which graph best represents the relative velocities of the stream at locations A, B. and C?A)B)C)D)36. Which profile best shows the general depositional pattern that occurs when water from a stream enters theocean?A)B)C)D)Page 11

Pre-mid Year ReviewPlease Don't write on the review packet37. The diagram below shows three beds of sedimentdeposited at different times in a quiet body of water.41. Four samples of aluminum, A, B, C, and D, haveidentical volumes and densities, but different shapes.Each piece is dropped into a long tube filled with water.The time each sample takes to settle to the bottom ofthe tube is shown in the table below.The sediment deposited in each bed is best described asA)B)C)D)Which diagram most likely represents the shape ofsample A?sorted mainly according to particle sizesorted mainly according to particle shapea mixture of sorted and unsorted particlesshowing no evidence of sortingA)38. Which rock particles will remain suspended in water forthe longest time?A) pebblesC) siltB)B) sandD) clay39. Each of the rock particles below has the same densityand volume. Which particle will most likely settle atthe fastest rate in moving water?A)B)C)D)C)D)42. The graph below shows the relationship betweenparticle shape and settling rate.40. Four quartz samples of equal size and shape wereplaced in a stream. Which of the four quartz samplesbelow has most likely been transported farthest in thestream?A)B)C)D)Which statement best describes the relationship shown?A) Flatter particles settle more slowly thanrounder particles.B) Flatter particles settle faster than rounder particles.C) All particles settle at the same speed.D) Particle shape does not affect settling rate.Page 12