Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Layers, Eras

In a normal fault, what part lies below the other part?

• hanging wall

• foot wall

• syncline

• anticline

A change in the shape of the Earth's crust is called what?

• mountain

• valley

• landform

• deformation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Volcanic belts form where?

• plate boundaries

• hot spots

• mountain ranges

• the coast of Hawaii

The formation of an Island Arc is an example of

• hot spot volcanoes

• plate boundary volcanoes

• the Ring of Fire

• continental drift

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The relative age of rock

• has a number

• compares ages to surrounding rock

• is younger than the fossils it contains

• is based on radioactive dating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The law of superposition states that

• younger rock is on the bottom and gets older as it goes up

• that all rocks are the same age

• that younger rock is on the top and ages as it goes down

• is older than vertical layers of rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The geologic time scale is

• the thickness of sedimentary rock

• the rate of fossil formation

• the life forms and geologic events in Earth's history

• the time since the evolution of the dinosaurs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

During the Pre-Cambrian Era that preceded the Paleozoic Era, many new forms of life that evolved

• lived on land

• were invertabrates that lived in the sea

• were vertebrates covered with scales and fur

• were single celled

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What type of Fault is "A"?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Slip-Strike

What type of Fault is "B"?

• Normal

• Reverse

• Slip-Strike

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5