Geology Unit 1 Exam Review

any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects

• time scale

• absolute dating

• plate tectonics

• relative dating

the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

• erosion

• weathering

• sediment

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

fragments of organic or inorganic material that are transported and deposited by wind, water, or ice and that accumulate in layers on Earth's surface

• sediment

• weathering

• igneous

• plate tectonics

the standard method used to divide Earth's long natural history into manageable parts

• environment

• Geologic Time Scale

• Earth System

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

the theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates, move and change shape

• environment

• Geologic Time Scale

• Earth System

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle

• environment

• Geologic Time Scale

• tectonic plate

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What letter is the oldest? 

• a
• b
• d
• c

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

what letter is the youngest?

• a
• b
• d
• c

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

• crust
• mantle
• inner core
• outer core

Which is the thickest layer of the Earth?

• crust
  crust
• mantle
• outer core
• inner core

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3