Earth (layers, plates, rocks & minerals)

What geological event occurs when tectonic plates slide past each other?

• earthquakes

• formation of mountains

• formation of valleys

• volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What properties do scientists use to divie Earth into layers?

• color of rock

• state of matter

• physical properties

• chemical composition

What land features is an example of a landform created by a divergent boundary of 2 continental plates?

• Rocky Mountains in North America

• the Balcones fault in central Texas

• the Hawaiian volcanoes

• the Great Rift Valley in Africa

What process turns granite into sedimentary rock?

• High heat melts the granite which then becomes sedimentary rock when it cools.

• High pressure compresses the rock changing its structure from granite to sedimentary rock.

• Weathering and erosion break the granite down. This sediment is then compacted and cemented together to form sedimentary rock.

• Hig pressure breaks down the rock into sediment. The sediment then melts, and when cooled becomes sedimentary rock.

What kind of tectonic plate movement is responsible for the creation of the Himalaya mountains?

• the collision of two oceanic plates

• the collision of a continental plate with an oceanic plate

• the separation of two continental plates

• the collision of two continental plates

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What formation process allows fossils to remain in sedimentary rocks?

• Magma catches the organism which then melts and imprints the fossil into the rock as it cools.

• Remains of organisms are buried between layers of sediment which is then compacted and cemented together to create sedimentary rock.

• Heat and pressure transform the remains into sedimentary rock.

• heat from volcanic activity melts the quickly burned remains, leaving fossils and imprints in the cooled lava.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How does limestone turn into marble?

• Limestone sediments are compacted and cemented together to form marble.

• Melted limestone cools slowly until it hardens and crystallizes into marble.

• Extreme heat and pressure change the mineral structure and physical properties of limestone into those of marble.

• Limestone breaks down and dissolves in acid rain, leaving crystals of marble that cement together.

What is the correct order of the layers of the earth, from outside to inside?

• inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

• mantle, crust, outer core, inner core

• outer crust, mantle, inner crust, core

• crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Which type of rock is formed from the cooling of magma or lava?

• igneous

• sedimentary

• basic

• metamorphic

Underwater divergent oceanic plate boundary will create a(n) ______

• ocean basin

• rift valley

• ocean mountain range

• mid-ocean ridge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3