E. Systems CH22 Review

Amino Acids

• Building blocks of proteins

• Fossils of soft-bodied Proterozoic organism

• Deepest, most stable part of a continent

• Hot water vent at volcanic seafloor rift

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Prokaryote

• simple organism composed of a single cell, not containing a nucleus

• Exposed area of Precambrian rock of a craton

• Organism composed of multiple cells and contains a nucleus

• Small piece of continental crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Ediacaran Biota

• Fossils of soft-bodied Proterozoic organism

• Deepest, most stable part of a continent

• Hot water vent at volcanic seafloor rift

• Stable mineral that commonly occurs in granite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Precambrian Shield

• Exposed area of Precambrian rock of a craton

• Organism composed of multiple cells and contains a nucleus

• Small piece of continental crust

• deposit that consists of alternating bands of chert and iron oxides.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Craton

• Deepest, most stable part of a continent

• Organism composed of multiple cells and contains a nucleus

• Small piece of continental crust

• deposit that consists of alternating bands of chert and iron oxides.

Eukaryote

• Organism composed of multiple cells and contains a nucleus

• Small piece of continental crust

• simple organism composed of a single cell, not containing a nucleus

• Tiny, threadlike photosynthetic organisms

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Hydrothermal Vent

• Hot water vent at volcanic seafloor rift

• Stable mineral that commonly occurs in granite

• Rock younger than 1.8 billion years and is red in color as result of iron oxide being present.

• Mat or mound composed of billions of cyanobacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Microcontinent

• Small piece of continental crust

• deposit that consists of alternating bands of chert and iron oxides.

• Tiny, threadlike photosynthetic organisms

• Precambrian shield of North America

Zircon

• Stable mineral that commonly occurs in granite

• Rock younger than 1.8 billion years and is red in color as result of iron oxide being present.

• Mat or mound composed of billions of cyanobacteria

• Ancient continent that formed the core of modern-day North America

Banded Iron Formation

• deposit that consists of alternating bands of chert and iron oxides.

• Tiny, threadlike photosynthetic organisms

• Precambrian shield of North America

• Ancient continent that formed the core of modern-day North America

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1