Geology Quiz

What is the study of rock layers and layering called?

• Geology

• Stratigraphy

• Magma

• Fossil

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the term for preserved imprints or remains of prehistoric organisms?

• Earthquake

• Magma Intrusion

• Fault

• Fossil

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

According to the Law of Superposition, which rock is older if left undisturbed?

• The rock at the bottom

• The rock at the top

• Both rocks are the same age

• Cannot be determined

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the term for when there are no surviving members of a species?

• Extinction

• Ice Age

• Volcano

• Pangea

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is the term for molten rock?

• Stratigraphy

• Magma

• Geologist

• Index Fossil

What are strata?

• inconsistencies in the fossil record

• rock layers

• well-known and widespread fossils

• units of time

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Stratigraphy is the study of

• evolution.

• human history.

• rock layers.

• Earth’s atmosphere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following rock layers contains the youngest fossils?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

When pressure builds between two tectonic plates in a transform boundary, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______.

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Convection Current
• Gravitational Pull

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.

• motlen

• lava

• volcano

• plate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2