Earth's History Book

If we used one page to represent one year in Earth's history. How many pages would our book have?

• 4.6 million pages

• 4600 pages

• 4.6 billion pages

• 46 pages

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Our book of Earth history would stretch into which layer of the atmosphere?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What is our best clue for finding out about Earth's history?

• Volcanoes

• Rocks

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

How are igneous rocks made?

• Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock

• Heat and pressure

• Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling

• Evaporating water leaves them behind

How are sedimentary rocks made?

• Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock

• Heat and pressure

• Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling

• Evaporating water leaves them behind

How are metamorphic rocks made?

• Compaction or cementation of tiny bits of rock

• Heat and pressure

• Melted rock (magma or lava) cooling

• Evaporating water leaves them behind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The theory that explains how Earth's surface changes is known as...

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Seafloor Spreading

• Catastrophism

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Plate Tectonics causes..

• Earthquakes

• Most volcanoes

• Mountains and Mid-ocean ridges

• Deep sea treaches

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is EROSION?

• All the processes that break rock into smaller pieces

• All the processes that carry pieces of rock to another place

• The laying down of sediment as speed slows

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is WEATHERING?

• All the processes that break rock into smaller pieces

• All the processes that carry pieces of rock to another place

• The laying down of sediment as speed slows