This kind of environment would have created shale.

Rivers, lakes, desert dunes, beaches

This kind of environment would have created limestone.

Rivers, lakes, desert dunes, beaches

This kind of environments would have creataed sandstone

Rivers, lakes, desert dunes, beaches

Which statement BEST describes the principle of uniformitarianism?

Rocks form by the same processes today as in the past.

Deposition occurs faster today than it did in ancient environments.

Weathering and erosion can be fast or slow, depending on the type of rock.

Earth’s geological features were formed by a few catastrophic events.

Geological time is described in eras and periods. Those segments of time are based on _______.

Significant evolutionary events.

The thickness of certain rock layers.

The number of layers of rock that can be counted in 10 meters of rock column.

To a geologist, the most important use of index fossils is ________.

To determine the age of the rock

To show what kind of life existed long ago.

To show that the sediments were deposited horizontally

To tell the story of the ancient environment

I find basalt, a black igenous rock with no visible crystals. How did this rock form?

Cooled quickly above ground forming crystals too small to see.

Building up of sediments over time.

Cooled slowly below ground, and tiny crystals formed.

Under tremendous heat and pressure, so no crystals formed.

Choose the correct statement.

It is impossible for fossils to form in igneous rocks.

Fish and plants don't fossilize in the same rock.

It is not legal to sell real fossils.

Igneous rocks do not form underwater.

Which question is the BEST one to ask in order to learn how an igneous rock is formed?

What size are the crystals in the rock?

FOSS Earth History Final Exam Review

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scientists who study Earth, use many sophisticated tools and models to study the rocks that make up the Earth.

Archeologist

Meteorologist

Seismologist

Geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A natural feature of Earth's surface with a characteristic shape.

Fault

Basin

Landform

Rock

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is not a type of rock that makes up the sedimentary rock of the Grand Canyon?

Limestone

Cement

Shale

Sandstone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This reacts with acid to create fizzing.

Salt

Calcite

CO2

Oxygen

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process that "glues" sediment together.

Cementation

Compaction

Erosion

Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process that presses the layers of sediment together.

Cementation

Compaction

Erosion

Deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging.

Chemical weathering

Physical weathering

Abrasion

Melting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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FOSS Earth History Final Exam Review

52 questions

Scientists who study Earth, use many sophisticated tools and models to study the rocks that make up the Earth.

A natural feature of Earth's surface with a characteristic shape.

Which is not a type of rock that makes up the sedimentary rock of the Grand Canyon?

This reacts with acid to create fizzing.

The process that "glues" sediment together.

The process that presses the layers of sediment together.

The process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging.

A low-lying area where water may accumulate.

The grinding and bumping of rocks that causes physical weathering.

The process by which rocks are weathered due to their reactions with substances in the air and water.

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