Earth Science

The study of fossils

• Archeology

• Paleontology

• Fossiology

• Geology

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What was the name of the one supercontinent in the past?

• Eurasia

• Pangaea

• Continent

• Megamania

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Rock changed by heat and pressure.

• Igneous Intrusive

• Igneous Extrusive

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

How do plates move when they are at divergent plate boundaries?

• They move apart

• They move together

• They move side to side

• They move up

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Rocks formed from cooled magma.

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Lithosphere

• Metamorphic

What type of plate boundaries are where plates are pushed together?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Collision

• Transform

Molten rock above ground.

• Lava

• Magma

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

How do the faults move when they are convergent faults?

• They move apart

• They move together

• They move side to side

• They move up

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Earthquakes happen when which part of the Earth’s crust rupture?

• Asthenosphere

• Isosphere

• Lithosphere

• Ionosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake?

• Seismic scale

• Scoville scale

• Ryker scale

• Richter scale