First Quarter Review

Looking at this image, where would the oldest layer be located

• The bottom, because of sediment and deposition the oldest layers of earth have been burried.

• The top, due to earth quakes the oldest layer has been shaken to the top.

• In the middle, because I am not sure what Mrs. Kimball taught me in class.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In 1968, the Deep Sea Drilling Project began extracting sediment cores from the ocean floor. Analysis of these cores have since been shown that the ocean basins are very young compared to the accepted age of the Earth. No rocks older than 180 million years have been found. The cores further indicate that ocean sediments are absent at the mid-ocean ridge and get thicker moving away from the ridge.

This evidence helped to confirm what aspect of plate tectonic theory?

• Paleomagnetic Reversals

• Location of the Lithosphere

• Existence of Land Bridges

• Sea Floor Spreading

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The diagram shows a river that is carrying sediment into the ocean.

What will happen to MOST of the sediment being transported by the river when it first enters the ocean at location T in the diagram?

• Most of the sediment will erode beaches.

• Most of the sediment will collect near the mouth of the river near the shore.

• Most of the sediment will be evenly distributed throughout the ocean.

• Most of the sediment will dissolve in the water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Match the sediment sample to the layer of the crust it would be found.

• P (1.9 g/cm3)

• Bottom

• M (2.3 g/cm3)

• Top

• L (1.1 g/cm3)

• Next to the top

• O (1.6 g/cm3)

• Next to the bottom

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The topographic map shows the top down view of the same mountain before and after an event that changed the shape of the mountain.

Which conclusion about the resulting changes to Earth's surface is supported by the evidence from the maps?

• The mountain was weathered into a dome shape

• The peak of the mountain increased in elevation

• A large crater formed on the side of the mountain

• Erosion at the top of the mountain widened its base

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Scientists record the different types of fossils found in different layers of sedimentary rock in one location. They observe that the lower layers have more species than upper layers.

Which piece of evidence would help scientists understand the change in species numbers?

• Rate of sediment deposition

• Presence of cross-cutting volcanic intrusions

• Environmental conditions at the time of deposition

• Type of parent rock where the sediment weathered

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The map shows 4 cities and tectonic plate boundaries found in different parts of the world.

Which location is most likely to be near a volcano?

• Moscow, Russia

• Cape Town, South Africa

• Washington D.C

• Quito, Ecuador

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Match the layers to their qualities:

• Made of solid rock

• The Crust

• Solid metal ball

• Inner Core

• Liquid metal known for magnetic field

• Outer Core

• Made of hot liquid rocks known as magma

• Mantle

Match the following

• Plates pull apart & create new crust

• Oceanic & Continental crust collide and one is pulled under the other

• Subduction

• Plates slide past each other & cause earthquakes

• Transform Plate Boundaries

• Divergent Plate Boundaries

• Plates push together & create mountains

• Convergent Plate Boundaries

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In the image you can see this type of lake formed when a meander gets cut off from flooding.

• Oxbow Lake

• Apple Valley Lake

• River cut

• Glacier erosion

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