Geological History

A constructive force is one that . . .

• breaks land down
• causes erosion
• builds up land
• causes no changes 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The process that presses sediments together

• deposition
• sedimentation
• compaction
• weathering

The process by which sediments settle out of water or wind

• deposition
• cementation
• weathering
• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How does wind abrasion work?

• Sediment is blown off a surface from wind.
• Wind-blown sediment strikes a surface.
• Wind blows large chunks of rock off a surface.
• Sediment falls off of a surface on its own.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A break in the Earth's crust 

• fault 
• mountain
• plate
• fossil 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What describes tectonic plates that slide side by side?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which does a glacier act like as it changes the earth's surface?

• car
• truck
• bulldozer
• ice machine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Two hundred forty million years ago, the continents were all bunched together in one super-continent called __________. 

• Pangaea
• Winterfell
• Narnia
• Africa

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What was the name of Wegener's supercontinent?

• Pangaea

• Gondwana

• Wegener

• Mesossaurus

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