FOSS Earth History Investigations 5 & 6 Review

What part of Earth makes up tectonic plates?

• inner core

• outer core

• crust and upper mantle (oceanic and continental plates)

• all the above

What part of Earth is a heated, semisolid material that flows due to convection currents in the mantle?

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• inner core

• outer core

Convection currents flow in the asthenosphere - mantle.

• True

• False

Basalt - black igneous rock has no visible crystals. Which statement best describes how this rock likely forms?

• The rock cooled slowly below ground, and tiny crystals formed.

• The rock was under a lot of heat and pressure, so no crystals formed.

• The rock cooled quickly above ground forming crystals too small to see.

• The rocks never cooled

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Earth's continents will continue to change location and shape because tectonic plates are in slow, constant motion.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust and will sink under the continental crust.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which rock image shows an intrusive igneous rock? (Hint: look at the crystal size.)

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Igneous rocks form from ________ cooling and hardening into a solid.

• clay

• magma - lava

• sand

• sediments

The rock pictured is pumice. What caused the holes to form in the rock?

• trapped gases being released in lava after a volcanic eruption

• carbon dioxide chemically combining with seawater

• carbon dioxide being released as hydrochloric acid was placed on it

• acid rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which statement below is TRUE?

• Extrusive igneous rocks cool more quickly since they are formed on the surface of Earth.

• Intrusive igneous rocks cool more quickly since they are formed inside Earth.

• Both extrusive and intrusive rocks cool at the same rate.

• Extrusive igneous rocks cool more slowly than intrusive igneous rocks