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Authored by KAREN VILLALOBOS

Science, Other

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n)

Metamorphic Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Extrusive Rock
Igneous Rock

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

If heat and pressure inside the Earth cause a rock to melt, the material that formed would be

Metamorphic
Magma
Sedimentary
Igneous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

You find a rock in which the grains are arranged in parallel bands of white and black crystals.  The rock is probably a(n)

Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Extrusive rock

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

When minerals line up in bands within a metamorphic rock, this rock is...

Nonfoliated
Foliated
Igneous
Sedimentary

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A German scientist Alfred Wegener was the first to hypothesize that ...........

Continents were once joined
The sea floor is spreading
Continents are moving
The Earth's magnetic pole flips

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Pangaea was an ancient supercontinent made up of...

America, Greenland, and Europe.
Antarctica, India, and America.
all of Earth’s continents.
South Africa, India, Australia, and South America.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Peer scientists reviewing Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift rejected his notion because

His evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion 
He did not explain how continents move and what moves them
His evidence was not clear in showing  how continents were joined
He lied by including false evidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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