Earth's Systems Review Game EL

1) What is the theory that all continents used to be connected as a “super-continent”?

• Plate Tectonics

• Fossil Evidence

• Rock Layers

• Pangea

What is the theory that the Earth is broken into many plates?

• Plate Tectonics

• Pangea

• Convergent boundaries

• continental shapes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What theory says the continents have drifted, or slowly moved apart?

• Pangea

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What are the three boundaries?

• convergent, divergent, transform

• fossils, continental shapes, seafloor spreading

• africa, south america, europe

• index fossils, law of superposition, law of cross cutting

What evidence shows that Earth has changed over time?

• convergent, divergent, transform

• fossils, continental shapes, seafloor spreading

• africa, south america, europe

• index fossils, law of superposition, law of cross cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What does the Law of Superposition say about layers of rock?

• Young layers are on the bottom.

• Young layers are on the top.

• Young layers cut across older layers.

• The age of layers cannot be found.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Is layer 4 older or younger than layer 3?

• older

• younger

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What kind of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• sedimentary

This rock was another type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic