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EARTH SCIENCE
VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF LEARNING
TEST ITEM SET
Released Spring 2015
2010 Science Standards of Learning
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Sequence Number
Item Type: Multiple Choice
(MC) or Technology-Enhanced Item (TEI)
Correct Answer Reporting Category Reporting Category Description
1 MC D 004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time2 MC A 002 Earth and Space Systems3 MC A 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science4 MC C 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science5 MC B 004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time6 MC B 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science7 TEI Answers must be placed in the correct order from left to right.
1: Large Gravel; 2: Sand Grains; 3: Clay-Sized Particles003 Earth Materials and Processes
Earth ScienceReleased Test Item Set Spring 2015
Answer Key
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Sequence Number
Item Type: Multiple Choice
(MC) or Technology-Enhanced Item (TEI)
Correct Answer Reporting Category Reporting Category Description
8 TEI Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom. Chemical Sedimentary; Metamorphic; Organic Sedimentary; Intrusive Igneous
003 Earth Materials and Processes
9 MC D 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science10 MC D 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science11 MC B 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science12 MC C 005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions13 MC A 002 Earth and Space Systems14 MC A 002 Earth and Space Systems15 MC C 002 Earth and Space Systems16 MC D 003 Earth Materials and Processes17 MC C 003 Earth Materials and Processes
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Sequence Number
Item Type: Multiple Choice
(MC) or Technology-Enhanced Item (TEI)
Correct Answer Reporting Category Reporting Category Description
18 MC A 002 Earth and Space Systems19 MC C 002 Earth and Space Systems20 MC C 002 Earth and Space Systems21 MC B 005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions22 MC C 003 Earth Materials and Processes23 MC C 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science24 MC B 003 Earth Materials and Processes25 MC D 004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time26 MC C 004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time27 MC A 003 Earth Materials and Processes
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Sequence Number
Item Type: Multiple Choice
(MC) or Technology-Enhanced Item (TEI)
Correct Answer Reporting Category Reporting Category Description
28 TEI Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom, left to right: Continental Shelf; Continental Slope; Continental Rise; Abyssal Plain
005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions
29 MC B 004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time30 MC A 003 Earth Materials and Processes31 MC B 005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions32 MC D 005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions33 MC B 005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions34 MC C 002 Earth and Space Systems35 MC B 005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions
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Sequence Number
Item Type: Multiple Choice
(MC) or Technology-Enhanced Item (TEI)
Correct Answer Reporting Category Reporting Category Description
36 TEI Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom: First Humans; First Birds; First Fish; First Bacteria
004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time
37 MC D 005 Earth Resources and Human Interactions38 MC D 001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science39 MC A 004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time40 MC B 003 Earth Materials and Processes
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Sequence Number
Item Type: Multiple Choice
(MC) or Technology-Enhanced Item (TEI)
Correct Answer Reporting Category Reporting Category Description
41 TEI Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom: Sand 1; Shale 2; Shale 8
001 Scientific Investigation and the Nature of Science
42 MC D 002 Earth and Space Systems
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Sequence Number
Item Type: Multiple Choice
(MC) or Technology-Enhanced Item (TEI)
Correct Answer Reporting Category Reporting Category Description
43 TEI Answers must be placed in the correct order from top to bottom: The Big Bang; Birth of the Earliest Star; Formation of the Sun; Origin of Life on Earth
004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time
44 MC B 002 Earth and Space Systems45 MC D 004 Cosmology, Origins, and Time
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