Earth Science - Early Earth

The oldest rocks that we have discovered on Earth are called

• rudiment rocks

• meteorites

• Flintstones

• methanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

How old was the meteorite that was discovered in the 1950s by Patterson, that upon impact, nearly vaporized?

• 6.5 billion years

• 4.5 billion years

• 3.5 million years

• 250,000 years

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What did Ernest Rutherford use to more accurately age rock and parts of the Earth?

• Carbon dating

• Radioactive decay

• Elemental decay

• core temperatures

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

When studying Moon rocks, what did they contain much less of than scientists expected?

• Gold

• Silver

• Iron

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The material found in the Moon rock contained the same material found in the upper crust of the Earth.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

These central Asian mountains are the tallest in the world

• Adirondacks

• Appalachian

• Himalayan

• Andean

Approximately how many miles of hiking trails are there at Yellowstone National Park

• 1000

• 500

• 1500

• 2000

Where can cyanobacteria survive?

• Hot Springs

• Arctic Lake

• Mountain Streams

• All of the above

The Moon is considered to be

• a planet

• an asteroid

• a star

• a satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many waterfalls are there at Yellowstone National park?

• 20

• 290

• 612

• 275