Unit 2 Exam: Formation of the Earth

What is being age dated when age dating a planet?

• The age of the whole planet.

• The age of the surface, not the whole planet.

• The age of the mantle.

• The age of the all the animals that ever lived.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

“4.5 billion years ago we started with a ​ (a)   that created a ​ (b)   that made our ​ (c)   that gave us the rhythms of ​ (d)   but more than that it gave us the ​ (e)   of life we see around us.” ~ Will Smith

• smash
• tilt
• seasons
• existence
• diversity
• Earth
• gold

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Match the following

• The reason for seasons

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• Earth's start: cloud of dust and gas

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• The moon's power

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• Earth's twin, Theia, saying hello!

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• Member of Earth's seed dispersal system

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

After Theia collided with Earth and the debris cooled down, what was formed?

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

After Theia collided with Earth, what slowed the earth down?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What mystery is found 8,000 ft. high in the Colorado Rockies, 60 mi. west of Boulder?

• Fine Acoustics

• Natural Birdbaths

• Fossils of Marine Animals

• A Family of Yetis!

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What existed for over 30 million years, and stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Sea?

• A Vast Inland Sea

• The Ancestral Rockies

• A Sterile Promontory

• Massive Pods of Ichthyosaur

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

For the last 3 million years, ____ have come and gone from the Rocky Mountains.

• upheavals

• rivers

• glaciers

• Yetis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following images with the correct response:

• Erosion

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• Deposition

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• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Match the following images with the correct type of "Physical Weathering:"

• Frost Action

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• Abrasion

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• Root Wedging

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• Exfoliation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4