Environmental Review PT 1

Which of the following is NOT one for the three rock types?

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Magma

• Sedimentary

The largest expanse of time on the geologic time scale is the

• year

• epoch

• era

• period

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

The Hawaiian Islands were formed when the Pacific Plate moved over what?

• Subduction Zone

• Hot Spot

• An Ocean Ridge

• The Aleutian Plate

Earthquakes are usually associated with

• Violent Weather

• Large Cities

• The East Coast of North America

• Faults

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Sedimentary rocks record past geological events and _________.

• Earth's circumference and diameter in the past

• astronomical milestones of the past

• Changing life forms of the past

• written

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The law of superposition States that each layer of rock is _______.

• Older than the one above it

• thicker than the one above it

• the same age

• older than the one below it

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

In the early Paleozoic, life was restricted to the _______.

• Islands

• Continents

• Seas

• Air

Most of the Volcanoes on Earth are located in a belt know as the ________.

• Ring of Lava

• Circum Atlantic Belt

• Ring of Fire

• Island Arc

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Early Life was found in shallow water because

• Gases in the atmosphere were toxic

• there was not an ozone layer to keep the heat in

• there was not an ozone layer to block out the UV light

• the magnetic fields surrounding the earth had not developed yet

What percentage of Nitrogen in the atmosphere is

• 32%

• 78%

• 3%

• 21%