Dynamic Earth

What type of boundary results in rifts?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

What type of rock formed the original landmass of Bald Knob? (Hint: Underwater volcanism)

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of rock is basalt?

• felsic, extrusive igneous

• mafic, intrusive igneous

• mafic, extrusive igneous

• felsic, intrusive igneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What process moves the plates around the mantle?

• alternating currents

• erosional currents

• convection currents

• ocean currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What supercontinent marked the formation of Bald Knob?

• Columbia

• Rodinia

• Pangea

• Gondwanaland

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

In what era was Rodinia connected?

• Paleozoic

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

• Mesozoic

What caused the basalt rocks to morph into metabasalt?

• cooling magma

• heat and pressure

• cementation and compaction of sediments

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What kind of boundary causes folded mountains?

• divergent

• convergent - collision

• convergent - subduction

• transform slide

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Pangea resulted from Africa and North America colliding resulting in the Blue Ridge mountains. What happened to the rocks?

• They were metamorphosed into metamorphic rocks.

• They were metamorphosed into igneous rocks.

• They were metamorphosed into sedimentary rocks.

• There were no changes.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4