Rocks / Earth 5.7 vocabulary Quiz

Which word means the breaking down of minerals and rocks into small sediments by wind, water, ice, etc.

• weathering

• mantle

• deposition

• luster

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a mountain with vents through which lava, gases, and ash erupt?

• earthquake

• tsunami

• hurricane

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the name of the boundary where plates are sliding past each other, and it can create fault lines and earthquakes?

• convergent

• transform

• divergent

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What rock is formed when layers of sediment are pressed together? (found where water is or once existed; sometimes contains fossils)

• igneous rock

• classic rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the outer layer of the Earth; made of solid rock? (5-70m thick)

• inner core

• crust

• mantle

• outer core

What is the name of the process in which wind, water, and gravity leave eroded sediments in new locations?

• movement

• weathering

• plate tectonics

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What's the name of the boundary where plates are moving apart? (creates mid-ocean ridges)

• transform boundary

• convergent boundary

• continental boundary

• divergent boundary

What is a shaking movement of the ground caused by a sudden shift of the Earth’s crust?

• earthquake

• hurricane

• torrnado

• volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a location where one of the Earth’s plates meets another?

• blame

• continental border

• fault

• global grid

What is the carrying away of sediments caused by wind, ice, and water?

• erosion

• weathering

• deosition

• storm surge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2