4th Grade - Rock Formations Pt 1

Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries

• rock layers

• landscape

• earthquake

• rock formations

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Rock Layers

• Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries

• A design or sequence that is repeated

• Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

• Stacked levels of rocks with different compositions and fossils deposited over time with the oldest layers at the bottom and the youngest layers at the top

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Evidence

• Stacked levels of rocks with different compositions and fossils deposited over time with the oldest layers at the bottom and the youngest layers at the top

• Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries

• Information that supports an idea

• Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Fossils

• The features of an area that you can see

• Stacked levels of rocks with different compositions and fossils deposited over time with the oldest layers at the bottom and the youngest layers at the top

• Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past

• Information that supports an idea

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A design or sequence that is repeated

• evidence

• earthquake

• fossil

• patterns

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NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Rock arrangements, such as sea stacks, arches, mesas, and gorges, created by weathering, erosion, and other natural processes

• rock formations

• landscape

• earthquake

• fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Landscape

• Stacked levels of rocks with different compositions and fossils deposited over time with the oldest layers at the bottom and the youngest layers at the top

• Rock arrangements, such as sea stacks, arches, mesas, and gorges, created by weathering, erosion, and other natural processes

• Major geological event that occurs when plates shift suddenly and release stored energy; a frequent occurrence along all types of plate boundaries

• The features of an area that you can see

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The fossils of clams, which live at the seashore, were found in a rock layer directly below a rock layer that contained tree fossils. This evidence can be used to support the idea that -

• fossils form more quickly at the seashore than other places.

• clams and trees are always found in the same area.

• the area where the fossils were found changed over time.

• the layer containing the trees is older than the clam layer.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Several layers of rock are illustrated in their unchanged positions. Which of the following conclusions is supported by the data in this illustration?

• Rock layer W is the oldest of all the rock layers shown.

• Rock layer X was formed just before rock layer Y.

• Rock layer Y is twice as old as rock layer W.

• Rock layer Z is the oldest of all the rock layers shown.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

A diagram of rock layers is provided. The diagram shows a place where some of the rock layers were broken and shifted by an earthquake. The evidence from the patterns in this rock suggests that the earthquake happened . . .

• just after all four rock layers shown, W, X Y and Z, had already formed.

• long before any of the four rock layers shown, W, X Y and Z, had yet formed.

• after rock layers Y and Z formed, but before rock layers W and X formed.

• after rock layers W and X formed, but before rock layers Y and Z formed.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4