Winter Benchmark Review

Which type of rock is always formed after the process of compaction and cementation?

• Metamorphic
• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Obsidian

The label L indicates an area of low —

• pressure
• rainfall
• temperatures
• altitudes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the large landmass that broke up and drifted to form our present day continents?

• Pangaea
• Atlantis
• Eurasia
• Supernova

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Two ways to describe types of igneous rocks are _____

• Extrusive and Intrusive
• Foliated and Non-Foliated
• Clastic and Biochemical
• Black and Gray

How do Intrusive Igneous rocks cool?

• quickly
• slowly
• really fast

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

What is a factor that changes because of what the experimenter does?

• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable
• Control Group
• Hypothesis

How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 

• luster
• streak
• cleavage
• fracture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2