ESS Final

Match the following types of plate boundaries to their diagram.

• Convergent

• 
• Divergent

• 
• Transform

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Fill in the correct rock types and processes on the rock cycle.

c

d

e

b

a

Sedimentary Rock

Magma

Metamorphic Rock

Igneous Rock

Sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

By definition, a mineral has which of the following characteristic(s)?

• definite chemical composition
• crystal structure
• naturally occuring
• all of the above

The diagram shows layers of sedimentary rock and examples of the fossils each layer contains, Which layer contains the oldest fossils? 

• A. Layer 2
• B. Layer 4
• C. Layer 1
• D. Layer 3

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

An organism is ______________ if it no longer exits and will never live again on Earth.

• rare

• extinct

• plentiful

• missing

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Label the layers of the Earth

b

c

d

a

Crust

Mantle

Outer Core

Inner Core

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How does absolute age differ from relative age?

• only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
• only absolute dating finds the age in years
• only relative dating finds the age in years

Reorder the following

• Gasses collapse to spinning disk

• Nebula

• Planetesimals Form

• Protoplanets Form

• Protosun Forms

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Terrestrial Planets

,

(b) Jovian Planets

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Earth

• Saturn

• Venus

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Galaxies are composed of (best answer)

• stars
• stars and gas
• stars, dust, and gas
• stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity