The Earth is Shaking!

According to the diagram, which of the following statements is true?

• 1. Fossil A is the oldest.

  2. .

• 1. Fossil B is the youngest.

• 1. Fossil C is younger than Fossil D.

• 1. Fossil C and D are the same age.

Why do metamorphic rocks rarely contain fossils?

• 1. These rocks are formed underwater, and the water dissolves the water.

• 1. The rock formation occurs from extremely hot magma deep inside the crust where organisms do not live.

• 1. These rocks undergo extremely high pressure or temperature changes when formed, which would destroy fossils.

• 1. These rocks are usually formed from extremely hot magma or with severe lava explosions, which would destroy fossils.

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1. For a sedimentary rock or metamorphic rock in Noah's backyard to become an igneous rock, it must first _____.

• 1. melt

• 1. erode

  2.  

• 1. freeze

• 1. weather

Read each statement.  Choose the two statements that tell a situation that would result in a change to landforms on Earth’s surface.

• 1. A volcano erupts on a small island.

• 1. A cold front causes a drop in temperature.

• 1. Flooding loosens dirt and rocks along a hillside.

• 1. The greenhouse effect causes a slight change in climate.

• 1. Water evaporates into the clouds.

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1. Most major earthquakes in the region near Noah's hometown are caused by _______________. 

• 1. faults

• 1. tsunamis

  2. the eruption of

• 1. volcanoes

• 1. movement along tectonic plates

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Use the image to answer question.
The African Rift valley is continuously expanding.  What can be concluded about the past from this observation?

• 1. A meteorite collided into this place.

• 1. Continents may have broken in the past as well.

• 1. Rift valleys are a part of every continent.

• 1. Two landmasses combined to form Africa.

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Use the image to answer.

1. Avery finds the map above in her textbook and observes that fossils of the same species were found on continents which are now separated by vast oceans.  What information found on the map provides evidence for plate tectonics?

• 1. All five continents were separated by water.

• 1. The coastlines of the continents seem to “fit” like puzzle pieces in areas where matching fossils were found.

• 1. Only the Lystrosaurus could fly from place to place.

• 1. Only the fern could survive in the southernmost locations.

• 1. The fossils represented terrestrial, land-dwelling, species.

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Use the information provided to answer this question: The fossil plant Glossopteris has been found in Africa, Australia, India, South America, and Antarctica. Lily, Abigail, and Scarlett conclude that this evidence helps support the idea that _______________

• 1. the continents have always been at the same locations they are now.

• the continents were all once covered by ice.

• 1. the continents have moved.

• 1. plants can travel across oceans.

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During a geography project, Avery and Samuel discovered that identical fossils were found in both Africa and South America. This observation supports which theory?

• 1. The big bang theory

• 1. The plate tectonics theory

• 2. The theory of evolution

• 1. The steady state theory

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What evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics?

• 1. how minerals are distributed

• 2. geographic features

• 2. fossils

• 2. all the above

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