OpenSciEd 6.4 Plates and Rocks

What does a Relief Map show us?

• Areas of water

• Differences in elevations

• Roads and Cities

True or False: Mount Everest is both growing and moving

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Data we discovered on many of the mountain cards included all EXCEPT:

• Volcanic Rock

• Earthquakes

• Fossils

• Hot temperatures

We studied an earthquake at what location?

• Mount Mitchell

• Hong Kong

• Ridgecrest, CA

• Paris, France

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

At Ridgecrest after the earthquake, we discovered:

• A change in elevation and direction of the land.

• A large crack in the ground

• A road shifted

• All of these!

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What do we call the deep crack in the bedrock where earthquakes occur?

• Broken Bedrock

• Fault Line

• Split Surfaces

• Divergent Line

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The Seismic Explorer showed earthquakes

• On the surface only

• More than 5000 Km below the surface

• Both magnitude and depth

• Magnitude only, not depth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Rocks and dirt on the surface of the ground is referred to as:

• Coral

• Mountains

• Soil

• Sediments

Layers of sediments below ground found everywhere is:

• Bedrock

• Magma

• Soil

• Crystals

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Things we can find when we dig under ground include:

• Water

• Gold

• Salt

• All of these!

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1