7th Grade Chapter 2.2 Test Review

The order of rock layers

• intrusion

• desiccation

• geologic column

• humus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A layer in a soil profile is

• subsoil

• trace fossil

• index fossil

• horizon

A fossil that is useful for dating and correlating the strata in which it is found is

• subsoil

• trace fossil

• index fossil

• horizon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A type of fossilization where the organic material becomes dehydrated is

• humus

• geologic column

• desiccation

• intrusion

The nutrient-rich, organic material in soil is

• humus

• horizon

• subsoil

• intrusion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Soil that is rich in minerals that have drained from the topsoil is

• horizon

• subsoil

• humus

• geologic column

A fossil of a track, trail or burrow is

• humus

• trace fossil

• index fossil

• horizon

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A large mass of igneous rock forced between or through layers of existing rock is

• index fossil

• horison

• intrusion

• desiccation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Sand particles are smaller than clay particles.

• True

• False

Water seeping downward through the horizons dissolves and carries minerals into lower horizons by the process called filtration.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4