Earth History 1-2

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7th Grade
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Sabrina Jordan
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
Some students are testing rock samples they collected.
If you wanted to test these rocks for calcite, what would you put in the bottle and what would you expect to happen if calcite is there?
Put water in the bottle; if there is calcite, the rock will dissolve.
Put salt water in the bottle; if there is calcite, the rock will turn a darker color.
Put acid in the bottle; if there is calcite, the rock will fizz.
Put liquid soap in the bottle; if there is calcite, the liquid will form a dome on the rock.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-2
2.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
5 mins • 3 pts
Which size sediments would you most likely find at each location, X, Y, and Z? Explain why.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
A mining company is sending a team to Paradise Canyon to drill down below Kimi Sandstone.
What kind of rock do you think they will find directly under the Kimi Sandstone?
Sunshine Shale
New York Limestone
Purple Sandstone
American Shale
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
Surprise Canyon is located between these two canyons, 20 kilometers away from Vacation
Canyon and 15 kilometers away from Paradise Canyon.
What kind of rock do you think
you might find at the top of Surprise Canyon?
Sunshine Shale
New York Limestone
Purple Sandstone
American Shale
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
Which explanation best describes how a boulder can turn into silt as it moves down a river?
Water washes over the boulder until it is silt-sized.
The boulder hits other rocks or objects and breaks apart.
The boulder moves down the river until it lands in a basin and becomes silt.
A chemical reaction turns the boulder into silt.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
You find some soil that is mostly made of clay and silt, but no sand. How might this soil have formed?
Slow-moving water carried the sand downstream and left behind the silt and clay.
Wind blew all the sand away, leaving behind the silt and clay particles.
Silt, clay, and organic material settled out of slow-moving water.
A fast-moving stream washed away all the sand.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
7.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
5 mins • 3 pts
You dig up two soil samples and forget to record where they came from. If you return to the soil samples a week later, what are the characteristics of the soils you would use to match them to the locations where they were collected?
(a) (b) (c)
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 2 pts
The Colorado River started eroding the Grand Canyon 6 million years ago.
Of the layers shown at location X, which two layers did the Colorado River erode away first?
Kaibab Formation and Toroweap Formation
Redwall Limestone and Supai Group
Bright Angel Shale and Tapeats Sandstone
All layers are eroded at the same time by the Colorado River.
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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4
NGSS.MS-ESS2-2
9.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
5 mins • 4 pts
If you could return to the Grand Canyon in 1 million years, you might be able to see the Mauv Limestone or the Bright Angel Shale at water level.
What variables would determine how much the river has eroded in that million years?
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